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Wednesday, 7th January, 2015 / 15 Rabi'ul Awwal 1436 AH

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06.01.2015 - Mayyit of: Toheeda Raymond (Aunti Poppy), mother in law of Ml Aadil - VENUE: 27 Silver Street, Eldorado Park - TIME: 17h30 - QABARSTAAN: Avalon

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06.01.2015 - Mayyit of: Fatima Moola, mother of Mohammed Fareed Moola - VENUE: 28 Parijatik Street, Azadville - TIME: 11h00 - QABARSTAAN: Azadville

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05.01.2015 - Mayyit of: Rehana Dawjee, daughter of Cassim Dawjee - VENUE: Cnr Starling & Flamingo Str, Lenasia South - TIME: After Esha - QABARSTAAN: Lenz

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May Allah (SWT) grant us and all the Marhoomeen Forgiveness and Jannatul Firdaus (Aameen)

• New Year's Eve - Mayfair Jumuah Masjid
• The Ability to see the Signs of Allah
• A Muslim is Friendly and Likeable
• The Virtue of Dua Supplication
• Matric 2014 National Pass Rates Drops to 75.8%
• Belief in the Oneness of Allah Comes First

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan

The 5th Umayyad Caliph. He was born in Makkah and grew up in Madinah. Abd al-Malik was a well-educated man and a capable ruler, despite the many political problems that impeded his rule. Ibn Khaldun states: "Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim Caliphs. He followed in the footsteps of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab RA, the Commander of the Believers, in regulating state affairs."

In his reign, all important records were translated into Arabic, and for the first time a special currency for the Muslim world was minted, which led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II. The Byzantines were led by Leontios at the Battle of Sebastopolis in 692 in Asia Minor and were decisively defeated by the Caliph after the defection of a large contingent of Slavs. The Islamic currency was then made the only currency exchange in the Muslim world. Also, many reforms happened in his time as regards agriculture and commerce. Abd al-malik was a capable ruler, who consolidated Muslim rule and extended it, made Arabic the state language, and organized a regular postal service. read more

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* Germans protest against anti-Islam rallies - A record 18,000 people have turned out for an anti-immigrant rally by a right-wing populist movement in eastern German city of Desden, prompting thousands to join counter-demonstrations in several cities.

* Matric 2014: Alarm over Caps, drop-outs - Teachers’ unions have weighed in on the sag in the national matric pass rate with five out of nine provinces showing worse results than last year.

* South Africa: Eskom Silent On Blackouts As SA Returns to Work - As South Africans prepare to return from the festive season holidays and many companies prepare to reopen for business in the upcoming week, the state of South Africa's energy supply still remains largely unknown. What we do know for sure is that the power utility has said that we can expect rolling blackouts over the next few months.

* Officials arrest scores of illegal Zimbabwean immigrants - Hundreds of illegal border jumpers, mostly Zimbabweans, have been arrested and deported. They've been crossing the Limpopo River to South Africa using the Beitbridge border since the first of this month.

* Gold: $1 200.75 /ounce
* Platinum: $1 206.58 /ounce
* Silver: R6.45 /g
* Oil: $53.07 /barrel
* $: R11.70
* €: R13.96
* £: R17.78
* Saudi Riyal: R3.12
* Mahr Fatimi: R10 333.57 (1530.90 grams of Silver)
* Minimum Mahr: R206.67 (30.618 grams of Silver)
* Zakaah Nisaab: R4 133.43 (612.36 grams of Silver)
* Krugerrand: R14 899.53
* 24 carat gold: R452.47 /g
* 22 carat gold: R414.96 /g
* 18 carat gold: R339.33 /g
* 14 carat gold: R264.06 /g
* 09 carat gold: R173.19 /g

As at (06/01/2015)

WHOLEMEAL & YOGHURT SCONES

Ingredients
1-cup flour - 1-cup whole meal flour - 3 tsps baking powder - ½ tsp salt - 250gr unsweetened yogurt plain - 60grm butter - ¼ cup water - Milk to glaze.

Method
Sift flours, baking powder and salt into a bowl - returning husk from the sieve to the flours in the bowl. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Add yoghurt to dry ingredients. Melt butter and add butter and water to the bowl, mix quickly to a soft dough with a knife. Transfer mixture to a lightly floured surface and knead lightly. Roll or pat dough out to 3.5cm thickness. Using a 5cm scone cutter cut out rounds and place on an oven tray. Brush tops lightly with milk and bake at 220c for 20 minutes or until golden.

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Difficult-to-Keep New Year's Resolutions

* I resolve to work with neglected children... my own.

* I have only one resolution: to rediscover the difference between wants and needs. May I have all I need and want all I have.

* Every year I make a resolution to change myself -- this year I'm making a resolution to be myself!

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