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1. In South Africa, many blacks
convert to Islam
[By
Nicole Itano,
Special to The
Christian
Science Monitor
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Ethnic groups:
Kazakh (Qazaq) 63.1%, Russian 23.7%, Uzbek 2.8%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Uighur
1.4%, Tatar 1.3%, German 1.1%, other 4.5% (1999 census)
Languages:
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday
business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001
est.)
Religions:
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Population:
17,522,010 (July 2012 est.)
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The Islamic community of
South Africa reflects the same diversity that characterizes the
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2. South
Africa: Many Muslims, One Islam
[By
IslamOnline(IOL)]
With over 40 million people, eleven national
languages, nine provinces, and landscapes that cover the extremes of the
deserts and savannas to the beauty of snow-capped mountains, South Africa
truly encapsulates diversity.
The country’s biggest asset is its people—a rainbow nation with a rich and
diverse culture. At last count, there were over 40 million people in South
Africa . Of these, 76.7% classified themselves as African, 10.9% as white,
8.9% as colored, and 2.6% as Indian/Asian.
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3. Islam spreads to South Africa
[By
BRYAN PEARSON,
Posted in
Variety.com]
British-based Islam
Channel, which has a deep reach into the Middle Eastern, Mahgreb and
European markets, is pressing even further afield -- right to the tip of
Africa.
Beginning February the channel, which promises to present an Islamic
perspective and to dispel misconceptions people have about the faith, will
broadcast across South Africa as part of the bouquet on pay satcaster DStv.
With around 1 million Muslims --2.5% of the population of around 45 million
people -- the potential viewership is significant, said channel CEO Muhammad
Ali.
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4. Islam in South Africa
[By
Muslimwiki]
Although history has recorded that the first
influences of Islam was brought into Southern Africa overland by the
Southern migration of Africans through the influences of Arab traders, the
current Muslims arrived in two waves by sea from foreign lands in the main.
The first wave of Muslims arrived as slaves of the then dominant Dutch power
from the Colonies of Java and Malaysia in 1652 CE (1062 AH).
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5.
Muslim
Refugees in South Africa
[By
IslamOnline(IOL)]
The political strife from the neighboring
states such as Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria,
Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea
has caused many people to flee the threat of genocide with the hope of
finding safety and asylum in South Africa. About 85 percent of these
refugees are Muslim from the Great Lakes region and efforts are being made
to incorporate them into the social fabric of the South African scenario for
fear that they may be lost to Christianity.
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6.
Academic research on Islam &
Muslim in south Africa
[By
Muhammad Haron,
University Of
Botswana]South
Africa’s Higher Academic environment has radically changed since the
apartheid years. Tertiary institutions have amalgamated, the departmental
walls in some institutions have come down, and staff members have either
been redeployed into other schools/units within the new system or
retrenched. Traditional Departments of Arabic and Islamic Studies have been
amongst the many that have been affected and this resulted in the
disappearance of these water-tight, ghettoized departments. Some staff
retired, others were retrenched and others simply assumed newly created
academic environments |
