
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


On 27 September 1969, Imam Abdullah Haron – an outspoken Muslim cleric in South Africa – died in police detention. Abdullah Haron was the only Muslim cleric in Cape Town who used his sermons to speak out against apartheid policies and laws. His family do not accept the official conclusion that he fell down the stairs. And, to mark 50 years of his death, they want the government to commission a new inquest, which they say will uncover torture and murder. At the centre of the family’s renewed push for justice will be a series of artworks by visual artist Haroon Gunn-Salie.
By BBC World Service4.3
16071,607 ratings
On 27 September 1969, Imam Abdullah Haron – an outspoken Muslim cleric in South Africa – died in police detention. Abdullah Haron was the only Muslim cleric in Cape Town who used his sermons to speak out against apartheid policies and laws. His family do not accept the official conclusion that he fell down the stairs. And, to mark 50 years of his death, they want the government to commission a new inquest, which they say will uncover torture and murder. At the centre of the family’s renewed push for justice will be a series of artworks by visual artist Haroon Gunn-Salie.

7,836 Listeners

377 Listeners

1,073 Listeners

5,491 Listeners

968 Listeners

587 Listeners

1,843 Listeners

2,042 Listeners

363 Listeners

602 Listeners

974 Listeners

406 Listeners

424 Listeners

734 Listeners

848 Listeners

364 Listeners

1,002 Listeners

3,215 Listeners

1,040 Listeners

773 Listeners

1,044 Listeners

369 Listeners