{"id":996,"date":"2015-06-01T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T06:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/996-south-africa-muslim-bodies-unite-against-is\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T06:28:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T06:28:01","slug":"south-africa-muslim-bodies-unite-against-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/996-south-africa-muslim-bodies-unite-against-is\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Muslim bodies unite against IS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Ten Muslim organisations and various scholars have expressed concern over the growing sympathy for terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) among Muslims in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px;\">Ten Muslim organisations and various scholars have expressed concern over the growing sympathy for terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) among Muslims in South Africa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">The organisations and scholars from across the country met recently and claim there are reports of more South Africans that have left for Syria since the news broke last month of a 16-year-old Cape Town girl who was stopped en-route to Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">The teen was taken off a flight from Cape Town to OR Tambo International Airport after authorities suspected she was to join the organisation in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; line-height: normal; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; 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