As-Salaamu walaikum!

Today the world has become a global village that links different people, different faiths and different communities around common values that sustain humanity. It is thus incumbent upon us to learn to know one another and to live with one another, through communicating with one another. The human struggles in our country and province that have bound us together against oppression, discrimination and exclusion continue to glue our communities despite the differences that we have among and between. These struggles in this day and age against the current social ills like drug and substance abuse, crime, gender-based violence, HIV and AIDS, teenage pregnancies need both religious leaders and government to concert their efforts in consistently and continuously working together to eliminate these social problems to make our communities safe havens for our children and their children’s children.
It is therefore against this backdrop and spirit of strategic collaboration between religious communities and the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal that the Premier wishes all Muslim leaders and faith communities in the province a happy and blessings-filled end of the month of Ramadaan. I congratulate our Muslim brothers and sisters for another time of spiritual renewal and recharge that will hopefully sustain your faith in Allah and prepare you for the coming year. May the end of this Ramadan bring the utmost peace and prosperity to you