The Muslim Judicial Council's Department of Quranic Affairs continued it Quran Revision Programme at the Husami Masjid in Cravenby on Sunday 25 July 2010. The programme once again gathered Hafith students recited five chapters of the Quran from memory. The revision programme in many ways seeks to fill a void in the Hafith community that caused a great amount of concern to the DQA. Many Hafith students, once they complete the memorization of the Quran, struggle to maintain a steady revision programme. The DQA's revision programme provides those Huffaath with an opportunity to do revision of the Quran in a stress-free way that results in the student developing a sustainable revision programme. The DQA, with this programme also seeks to create pockets of Huffaath in the various suburbs of Cape Town that could regularly meet to do revision of the Holy Quran.

The DQA was very warmly welcomed by the Husami Masjid community and we pray that the Almighty reward them greatly for their contribution toward the program. The programme was also honoured with the presence of various senoir Huffaath who lead the programme and also very talented and dedicated young Huffaath. The former president of the MJC, Sh. Ebrahim Gabriels also attended the programme and delivered a motivational talk that touched the hearts of all present in the Masjid.

The DQA's revision programme takes a break for the month of Ramadhan and the National Quran Hifth competition in September and will therefore recommence in the month of October. The next venue for the programme is Colorado Park Masjid, in Colorado Park, Mitchells Plain on Friday 29 October 2010.

This Muslim Judicial Council was honored with the news of the visit of Sh. Khalid Al Ghamidi. The respected Sheikh is one of the Imams of the Harm In Makkah. This auspicious visit of the Sheikh was made possible by the Religious Attache of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Pretoria. Sh. Al Ghamidi is an astute scholar of Quran and has academic achievements of the highest level in Quran Studies.

The Muslim Judicial Council's Department of Quranic Affairs successfully launched its second year of the Qurra' Development Programme. The programme is aimed at further developing reciters of the Holy Quran to a level of international competency. Cape Town's proud legacy of producing excellent reciters of the Holy Quran will now be taken to the next level where students, after having memorised the Holy Quran or part thereof,now have access to teachers that will guide through the Arabic works written in the various sciences of Al Quran.

The programme has now reached the module three phase with students concern

trating specifically on subjects that will enhance their overall recital of the Holy Quran. Subjects such as Arabic Grammer and Arabic Morphology aids the students with the grammatical make of the quranic verses. Understanding the verses of the Quran and its grammatical make-up enables the reader to more effectively express the meaning of what is being recited. Other subjects include Tajweed, Uloomul Quran, Tilaawat and Maqaamaat.  The course has also seen students receiive the Ijaazah in Tuhfatul Atfaal by Jamzoori, one of the classical works of tajweed. The programme is blessed to have qualified and extremely competent teachers who are committed to producing students of extremely high quality. Moulana Saleem Gaibie, principal and chief co-ordinator of the programme envisions the programme to be conducted by the future graduates of the programme.

Cape Town bids farewell to Sh. Yusuf Booley

 The Muslim Judicial Council and the Muslim community of Cape Town on Saturday 22 January 2010, bid farewell to one of its favourite sons and commited servents to the development of Quran in Cape Town and South Africa. Sh. Yusuf Booley, after a lengthy battle with illness, passed away on Friday 21 January 2010.