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Unveiling the Treasures of the Red Sea: Diving, History, and Culture in Jeddah
The bustling Red Sea coast city of Jeddah serves as both the business hub of Saudi Arabia and the entry point to the Mecca and Medina sacred sites. This vibrant city offers visitors a wide range of ex...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 21 | by Staff Reporter
US to review SA relations following ICJ case against Israel
A bill has been submitted to the United States congress calling for a full review of the country's bilateral relationship with South Africa following the International Court of Justice ruling that fou...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 13:46hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
2 company bosses in court over Zambia rendition of truck driver
Two bosses of a trucking company in Harare appeared in court on Thursday accused of the extrajudicial rendition of a truck driver from Zimbabwe to Zambia, after accusing him of losing a fertilizer con...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe probes extra-judicial rendition of truck driver to Zambia
Zimbabwean police are investigating the extra-judicial rendition of a truck driver to Zambia after he was abducted in Harare on October 28 last year.Tasara Hwata, 47, was abducted and tortured...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police stop teachers' Palestine solidarity march
POLICE yesterday stopped the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)'s plans to deliver a petition to the United Nations office in Harare to show solidarity with Palestinian workers in th...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Swedish govt must prevent anti-Qur'an gatherings, apologise to Muslims
THE recent move by the Swedish court to issue permission to anti-Islam extremists to desecrate the Holy Qur'an outside the main mosque in the capital city of Stockholm on the day of Eid al-Adha, under...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Cultural Centre of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Zimbabwe
Muslim nations denounce Quran burning in Sweden
Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Middle Eastern nations on Thursday condemned the burning of the Quran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, warning such acts "inflame" the feelings of Muslims around t...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 16:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe condemns attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Zimbabwean government has called on Israel to unconditionally withdraw its occupying forces from Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem and to stop all unilateral actions.A press statement i...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Low turnout as churches resume service
The resumption of sit-in church services for fully-vaccinated congregants got off to a slow start countrywide yesterday, with different Christian traditions driving the decision to reopen, while compl...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mozambique insurgency a wake up call for SADC
The insurgency in Mozambique is a wake-up call to the SADC region. The region has ignored the presence of Islamic State Central Africa Province ISCAP in DRC. The region has also ignored the presence o...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 19:50hrs | | by Silent Fox
Moana's family give socialite emotional send-off
LATE socialite Michelle ‘Moana' Amuli's paternal and maternal families Saturday put their differences aside to give the fitness enthusiast a send-off at Warren Hills Cemetery, Harare.Since h...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet raises RTGS$479 287 for Idai relief through EcoCash
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm Econet Wireless has raised RTGS$ 479 287 through its EcoCash platform towards Cyclone Idai relief efforts. In a notice yesterday, Econet Wireless said: "We would like t...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa returns to be with people
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa returns home today, cutting short his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to make sure he is directly involved with the national response to victims of Tropical Cyclone Idai di...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa impressed by UAE rise
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday characterised as an eye opener his visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) saying its rapid development was confirmation of the extent unity can fast track a nation's mod...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to find each other as a nation
As we begin 2019, there are key lessons from the coup and Zimbabwe's post-coup experiences. The key lessons going forward relate to ethical leadership, public sector performance management, service de...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | | by Brian Kagoro
3 Religious Sites to Visit When in Israel
Israel attracts thousands of people every year to visit the religious sites scattered throughout the country, a good number of which are significant to several Abrahamic religions because of their sha...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Brian T Kagoro
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 24 | by Reginald T. Gola
Egyptian president vows 'brutal' response to mosque attackers
Cairo - An angry Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pledged to respond with "brutal force" against militants who massacred at least 235 people at a mosque during weekly prayers on Friday....Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 09:14hrs | | by AFP
At least 155 killed in mosque in Egypt
Suspected militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai province, killing 155 people, state media report.Witnesses say the al-Rawda mosque in the town of Bir...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
New Curriculum takes its toll on pupils
THE new curriculum - introduced at the beginning of this year - is already taking its toll on pupils as they inundate key institutions in the city seeking to interview staff as part of their "projects...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no preferred religion: Research
ZIMBABWE remains among 106 countries globally with neither an official or preferred religion while Zambia is the only Christian country in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a Pew Research Centre report...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
August - the month of traditional worship
THE lunar month of August starting on Tuesday is upon us. Zimbabwe is a country in which that period is culturally associated with traditional worshipping at several shrines in various regions....Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Bulawayo business people cry foul over poor business
Bulawayo business people have cried foul over the poor business during the Mine Entra.This was revealed by Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo following his invitation buy some...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Islam is rising in Zimbabwe'
ISLAM is spreading in Zimbabwe as people increasingly understand and accept the religion's teachings, a Muslim scholar has said.Sheik Shaibu Asali, head of the Arabic department at an Islamic ...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil raped to cover dad's debt
An Islamic religious leader reportedly raped a 14-year-old congregant, saying she had to pay her father's debt through being intimate with him. James Gande (31) is said to have raped the Grade Sev...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade seven pupil (14) raped at a mosque
A 14-year-old grade seven pupil was reportedly raped at knife point by an Islamic religious leader at a mosque as payment for her fathers debt.James Gande (31) is said to have rape...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 04:45hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
The land question in Africa
BEFORE Africa was carved up and occupied by the European colonial powers, land in Africa was largely under populated and human population growth was slow and could quite easily be accommodated....Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Eddie Cross
The Egyptian revolution (January 25–February 11, 2011)
In Egypt, President Mubarak made the mistake of declaring January 25, 2011, "police day." A celebration of the police who had been brutalizing and terrorizing the people? It was too much to countenanc...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by George Ayittey
Mugabe decries lure of money over principle
President Mugabe has lamented the sad sacrifice of principles as an increasing number of African leaders put monetary benefit above ideology.This follows the irregular - but not unexpected...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Prophet who foretold Saudi attack
Nigerian prophet T.B. Joshua has once again come up trumps with a prediction regarding an attack in Saudi Arabia. The same day that suicide bombers rocked three cities, Saudi Arabia, Joshua releas...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe the feminist?
Farai Sevenzo considers whether the best way to empower women could be to let them make their own decisions about their bodies.Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe recently left the stage as cha...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 15:15hrs | | by Farai Sevenzo
'Religion is one no matter the faith'
MOSLEMS and Christians should work together as one family as they are creations of the same Almighty Father (Peace Be Upon Him), an Islamic leader has said.Sheikh Al-Hajj M K Jula said this on...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Chazingwa
Woman publicly caned for having affectionate contact with a man
Hundreds of people gathered to cheer as a woman was publicly caned in Indonesia for having affectionate contact with a man who was not her husband. According to ...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boko Haram jihadists attack key city in Nigeria
Kano - Boko Haram jihadists attacked a key city in northeast Nigeria on Sunday evening, residents said, the second assault in days as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's deadline to eradicate the mi...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by AFP
Over 700 pilgrims killed in Saudi Hajj stampede
At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage ...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 22:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe's mineral wealth gives it an outsized importance,' says US envoy
MY heart goes out to all the African-African American church-goers gunned down summarily by a pro-Rhodesia, pro-Apartheid American white supremacist terrorist named as Dylann Roof. This white supremac...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 17:43hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Saudi King Abdullah dies
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state tele...Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 09:27hrs | | by Reuters
United Kingdom debate over Islam and 'Britishness'
London - A new row has erupted between the British government and Muslim organisations after the minister responsible for community cohesion wrote to hundreds of imams calling on them to do more...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Aljazeera
Pakistan condemns fresh caricatures of prophet Mohammed
Islamabad - Pakistani lawmakers on Thursday criticised fresh caricatures of the Muslim prophet Mohammed which appeared in a special edition of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, officials said....Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 14:15hrs | | by Sapa
T.B. Joshua speaks on 2015 elections
In March 2014, Prophet T.B. Joshua granted a rare interview to Nigeria’s New Telegraph newspaper in which he made several revealing statements concerning the February 2015 elections. With the da...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by Nosa Osazuwa
Over 60 killed in Nigerian mosque attack
Dozens have been killed in a gun and bomb attack during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say.Many more people have been hurt, with one rescue ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The SCOAN calamity, the Church in Nigeria
THE Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, building collapse calamity of Tuesday September 15, will serve as a real test for the Lagos State government's support for Christians and Churches....Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 18:16hrs | | by Clement Udegbe
Israel Gaza Conflict, difficult to resolve
When the Al Jazeera journalists were arrested and put to trial in Egypt for allegedly supporting the Moslem Brotherhood, I was filled with deep sympathy and indignation with the Egyptian government. I...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 11:39hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Duty-free car importation with effect from this month
Churches and other religious institutions in Zimbabwe will, with effect from this month, be allowed to import cars duty-free for religious duties and other related purposes, a cabinet minister announc...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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