Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the most honourable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah is All-knowing, All-Aware. (Al Quran 49:14)
Source: Guardian UK
South Africa’s first black president died peacefully in company of his family at home in Johannesburg, Jacob Zuma announces
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Nelson Mandela, the towering figure of Africa‘s struggle for freedom and a hero to millions around the world, has died at the age of 95.
South Africa‘s first black president died in the company of his family at home in Johannesburg after years of declining health that had caused him to withdraw from public life.
The news was announced to the country by the current president, Jacob Zuma, who in a sombre televised address said Mandela had “departed” around 8.50pm local time and was at peace.
“This is the moment of our deepest sorrow,” Zuma said. “Our nation has lost its greatest son … What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human. We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.
“Fellow South Africans, Nelson Mandela brought us together and it is together that we will bid him farewell.”
Zuma announced that Mandela would receive a state funeral and ordered that flags fly at half-mast.
Mandela’s two youngest daughters were at the premiere of the biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom in London last night. They received the news of their father’s death during the screening in Leicester Square and immediately left the cinema.
Barack Obama led tributes from world leaders, referring to Mandela by his clan name – Madiba. The US president said: “Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa – and moved all of us.
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He was a great person.
Madiba
Good and evil are not alike. Madiba showed repelled evil with considerable aplomb.
THE CREATOR loves those who are steadfast in dialogue, forgiveness, reconciliation, tolerance; the one who suppresses anger, and pardons those who commit atrocities.
Madiba submitted himself to his CREATOR. He showed his genuine Christian Values. He had neither fear nor qualms for reconciliation. He was, and will always be the symbol of forgiveness and reconciliation to The East and The West.
Oh LORD, show the Muslim World The Right Way!
R. I. P Madiba
Umar Solim
A British Muslim
Madiba
Good and evil are not alike. Madiba repelled evil with considerable aplomb.
THE CREATOR loves those who are steadfast in dialogue, forgiveness, reconciliation, tolerance; the one who suppresses anger, and pardons those who commit atrocities.
Madiba submitted himself to his CREATOR. He showed his genuine Christian Values. He had neither fear nor qualms for reconciliation. He was, and will always be the symbol of forgiveness and reconciliation to The East and The West.
Oh LORD, show the Muslim World The Right Way!
R. I. P Madiba
Umar Solim
A British Muslim