Memorial held at Birth Mosque in Wynberg at the weekend
- Police maintain supplied no data on the progress of the investigation into the abolish of Muhsin Hendricks, the overtly pleased imam.
- Tribute turned into paid to Hendricks at a provider of the Birth Mosque on Saturday.
- Hendricks’s foundation currently appears to be like to be closed and its web page material is “temporarily unavailable”.
Bigger than three weeks on story of the abolish of Muhsin Hendricks, an overtly pleased imam, no one has been arrested, and police are giving no small print in regards to the investigation’s progress.
Hendricks turned into gunned down on 15 February in Gqeberha. A widely circulated video displays a Volkswagen, where Hendricks turned into seated in the lend a hand, attempting to arrangement again earlier than being blocked by a Hilux double cab bakkie. An unidentified gunman emerges from the Hilux and fires extra than one pictures against the lend a hand window where Hendricks turned into seated. The video also displays a second man exiting the Hilux, nevertheless it’s now not easy to earn out what he is doing. The two of us get lend a hand into the bakkie and drive away. The driving force of the Volkswagen turned into no longer injured.
There appears to be like to be small in the video that identifies the murderers.
Captain Sandra Van Rensburg, SAPS spokesperson for Nelson Mandela Bay, steered GroundUp that no updates are currently available, and that the investigation is tranquil ongoing.
We asked extra than one SAPS people for screech, nevertheless received no response.
South Africa’s conviction price for murders is amazingly low. Man Lamb, a criminologist at Stellenbosch College wrote in The Conversation: “Between 2019/20 and 2021/22, police recorded 66,486 murder cases. Of these, only 8,103 (12%) resulted in a guilty verdict.”
Memorial provider for Hendricks
The Birth Mosque in Wynberg is described as a “non-sectarian, gender equal and Quran-centric mosque” and a “space for open minded and forward-thinking individuals”. Contrary to fashioned perception, Hendricks turned into no longer the Imam at this mosque. The time interval “open” procedure that of us are welcome, no matter gender and religion.
The mosque is frequently incorrectly careworn with the Al-Ghurbaah Foundation, Muhsin Hendricks’s foundation.
A Ramadan iftar programme turned into held at the Birth Mosque on Saturday evening.
Though attendance turned into modest, with fewer than half of of the allotted seats filled, those fresh had been deeply engaged right thru the evening’s complaints.
Rapidly earlier than the programme began, Taj Hargey, the President of the Birth Mosque, spoke with GroundUp, emphasising the institution’s inclusive nature.
“We wished a mosque that is start to all, here’s the right mosque in the country that claims it’s non sectarian, where men and ladies are equal and pray together.
“The open mosque is a trailblazing institution trying to show that there is a new way of Islam.”
Hargey emphasised that representatives of Hendricks had been invited, nevertheless didn’t support.
All the procedure in which thru the provider Hargey delivered a eulogy for Hendricks, outlining his life and beliefs. Despite no longer agreeing with the entire lot he represented, he stated he had immense appreciate for him.
“It really pains and grieves me that a human being was taken so cruelly out of this world. I thought he was a really kind, gentle, lovely soul,” stated Hargey.
“I had great respect for him and what he did was quite amazing about Islam. He’s come up with a sort of a new focus on Islam. He said that … – and I fully agree with it – he wanted a compassion-centered Islam.”
Attendees had been given an opportunity to pay tribute to Hendricks. Nicole Ravelo-Hoerson stated: “When I read the message that Imam Muhsin Hendricks was shot dead … my heart sunk. His tragic death meant that his family, community, this country and the world lost someone who was dedicated to tolerance and compassion.”
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Hargey led attendees in prayer wherein Muslims and non-Muslims had been invited to imprint up for. In a gesture of inclusivity, men and ladies stood together in prayer, with ladies on the left and men on the most effective.
A buffet turned into served wherein an eclectic neighborhood of of us blended warmly together.
Foundation and family
We attempted to get screech from the Al-Ghurbaah Foundation. Nevertheless no one would acknowledge. For the time being the organisation’s web page material states that it’s “temporarily unavailable”. We also attempted to search the advice of with the foundation nevertheless it turned into closed after we arrived.
We tried to keep up a correspondence to family people of Hendricks, nevertheless they didn’t are searching to transfer on account.
