Author: Faheema Mahomed Ali Date: 07 October 2022 he words “dates” or “date palms” is mentioned 22 times in the Holy Qur’an.Sayyidah Aishaرَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهَا reported that the household of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ never ate two meals in a day but that one of them consisted of dates (Sahih Bukhari)Dates are mainly composed of carbohydrates
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Author: Faheema Mahomed Ali Date: 04 October 2022 Every devout Muslim is ingrained with the knowledge that alcoholic drinks are forbidden. The consumption of alcohol has many detrimental physiological effects on the body and has been linked to countless social and economic ills in society. The knowledge of the harms of alcohol consumption is widely
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Author: Faheema Mahomed Ali Date: 22 August 2022 The food industry has rapidly been evolving and has experienced exponential growth in recent times. A large increase in world population initiated the development of original and innovative ways to keep up with the demand for food. Furthermore, socio-economic changes, competition within the food industry and exposure
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Author: Faheema Mahomed Ali Date: 14 July 2022 The growing concern over the increase in chronic diseases affecting young and old, has led to a greater awareness of eating healthier food world-wide. Research has shown that the type and quality of food we eat has an immense effect on our overall health. This has subsequently
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Author: Aisha Mahomed Ali Date : 14 July 2022 There is an increasing trend to leading a healthier lifestyle, and today more people are turning to changing their diets and seeking more plant-based or alternative meat-free products. Early plant-based meat products were developed with vegetarians in mind, providing a vegetarian option for your typical meat-based
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Author: NIHT Media Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral disease of humans caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). An outbreak of the disease first occurred in early December 2019 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The China Health Authority alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) of an unknown respiratory
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It’s estimated that there are somewhere between 800 000 and 1.5-million observant Muslims in South Africa. Which isn’t a particularly large segment of the population — especially when you compare it with other religions or demographic groups. But commercially Islam punches far above its weight. There are places of worship and butchers and retail outlets
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Author: Paul Cochrane, Dinarstandard South Africa has a long halal – or as it is known locally ‘halaal’ – heritage. “Certification began in the 1940s, so South Africans are pioneers in halal certification,” Moulana Abdul Wahab Wookay, CEO of the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT), told SalaamGateway. Until the 1980s, certification was primarily for meat,
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Author: Mamaponya Motsai Top halaal certifying bodies in the country say they have not certified poultry imported from the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) deal. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), the South African National Halaal Authority and the National Independent Halaal Trust (Sanha)and the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT) say they
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With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ just months away, the South African Muslim community is hard at work preparing to welcome the many Muslim players and fans that are expected to be in the country in June and July this year. A number of Halaal restaurants are being opened throughout Host Cities and Halaal organisations,
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