Guest: Pastor Bishop Rakoopa

Guest: Ashaad Hendricks, Islamic scholar and Advocate

Guest: Apostle Maphonga, Activist and Wife of Pastor Joshua Maphonga

The Tenet of Dying for Allah

According to radical Islam and the distorted way in which its tenets have been harnessed to the Palestinian national struggle, “death for Allah” is an important value. The main message of the Koran is that life’s purpose is to help one realize that the universe was created by Allah; one can then bear witness that there is no other God than Allah and Muhammad is his last emissary. Those who do so in this life will merit being in heaven in the next world, which is the truly important world, until the resurrection of the dead. Those who devote themselves to spreading this message, while fighting the enemies of Allah and Satan’s endeavor to convince people that there is no God and what matters is worldly happiness, will win further favors in heaven including the renowned virgins, especially if, during this struggle, one sacrifices one’s life and becomes a shahid.

Two verses from the Koran, often used in proclamations by the Palestinian organizations that glorify terrorists recently killed while carrying out attacks, explain an aspiration that to us seems to contradict human nature: to commit murder while risking one’s own death. One of these, verse 169 of the House of Imran surah, states: “Do not think of those who die for Allah as dead, for they are alive and receive their sustenance from their Lord.” The distortion involved in the use of this verse concerns the assertion that it descended (according to Islam, the verses of the Koran descended from heaven and were given to Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel) in the context of a regular war, the Battle of Uhud, which Muhammad waged against members of his tribe, Quraysh, along with his followers, some of whom had left Mecca with him while others were from Medina. When these followers feared taking part in the battle, there was a need to boost their spirits. There is, of course, no similarity between that war and inhuman attacks on innocent people that are justified in this fashion.

Guest: Cassiem Khan – A scholar, writer and Activist. Also a Social

Worker And Educator

Sebabatso Molefi, in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), has been given her and her mother the run around in paying out her mothers pension.

UNPAID CLAIM

Question: families and financial support after the loved ones passing and whether churches should be helping poor families in these type of situations. So many families are going broke because of the cost of funerals, especially when policy companies are not paying out benefits. Can you still bury your loved ones with dignity?

Guest:  Apostle MW Makhathini – Durban Miracle Center

Guest: Gogo Khanyakude Mabuza, African cultural expert

Guest: Nthabiseng Dubazane, Attorney at Dubazane Attorneys

Guest: Apostle Lungi M, Senior Apostle of Kingdom Life Ministries

Guest: Rabbi Daniel Belder, Orthodox Rabbi from Johannesburg Jewish Community

Guest: Dr Firoz Osman, Executive member of the media review Network

Guest: Swami Vishwaparanthapananda, Author

Guest: Ronald Dalton Jr, Filmamaker/Author of "Hebrews to Negroes"