When you’re answering the survey, you’ll find questions seeking examples of challenges to religious freedom you might have experienced. To ease this process for you, we’ve put together draft responses for areas covered in the Survey’s questions. Simply use the answers from our provided document and copy-paste them where suitable.

The recent comments made by Khaled Sayed (ANC MP) in reference to the Sahabah (companions) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) during a lecture conducted under the auspices of AFOSA have struck deeply at the hearts of Muslims (Ahlus Sunnah), not just locally but across the globe.

A Statement from the United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA)*

Amidst the rubble and ruins lies the broken dreams; aspirations and hopes of millions of people…amidst the rubble and ruins lies the ashes of ‘Ubuntu’ consumed by the inferno of greed and guile…amidst the rubble and ruins lies the shattered confidence and trust in the government’s  ability to govern, to uphold the rule of law, to protect and to provide… as we to commemorate the life struggles of Nabi Ibrahim (as) amidst the rubble and ruins we see the resilience of a people following his Sunnah of perseverance; the blazing inferno and the intensity of the heat will isnha Allah subside and the unseen help of Allah will come as it came to Nabi Ibrahim if we respond with faith and trust in the mercy of our Creator.