{"id":2485,"date":"2016-03-08T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T11:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2485-south-africa-scholars-discuss-islamic-heritage-in-region\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T11:32:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T11:32:58","slug":"south-africa-scholars-discuss-islamic-heritage-in-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2485-south-africa-scholars-discuss-islamic-heritage-in-region\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa: Scholars discuss Islamic heritage in region"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">South Africa\u2019s coastal city of Durban to discuss the history of Islamic civilization in the region<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Muslim scholars from across the world have gathered in South Africa\u2019s coastal city of Durban to discuss the history of Islamic civilization in the region.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOur history as Muslims in southern Africa is not recorded correctly and sometimes it\u2019s not even actually recorded at all; that\u2019s why we are holding this conference to increase our knowledge,\u201d ZeinoulCajee, conference organizer, told Anadolu Agency Friday.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">A total of 22 scholars have been invited to the three-day event being held at the University of Kwazulu Natal to present their papers. It is the second edition of the international congress on Islamic civilization in southern Africa.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe hope what is discussed at this conference will promote better understanding of Islamic history and create dialogue among Muslims and people of other faiths,\u201d Cajeeadded.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">The Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture is a global Muslim organization in charge of research on history<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s coastal city of Durban to discuss the history of Islamic civilization in the region \u00a0 Muslim scholars from across the world have gathered in South Africa\u2019s coastal city of Durban to discuss the history of Islamic civilization in the region. \u201cOur history as Muslims in southern Africa is not recorded correctly and sometimes &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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