People's Post Athlone - 2 February 2021

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The Vygieskraal Cemetery, also known as the Johnston Road Muslim Cemetery, is facing the same challenges as most cemeteries, says the MJC. PHOTO: RACINE EDWARDES

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ast week, on Tuesday 26 January, an unofficial message was circulated on social media regarding the Vygieskraal Cemetery, otherwise known as the Johnston Road Muslim Cemetery, which is allegedly under threat. The message stated, among other things, that: “Graves are being vandalised to such an extent, that the wooden planks which are used to support graves are being stolen and used for firewood. This is in addition to graves being defecated and urinated upon by illegal-dwellers.” Other claims included that illegal dwellers on an adjacent piece of land were looking

to make home in the cemetery. Sheikh Riad Fataar, chair of the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) burial administration, says that he is aware of the WhatsApp message making the rounds which levels accusations against the homeless people living close to the cemetery. He cautions the public – and the media – against putting too much stock in “unofficial” messages like these. “In South Africa as a whole, all cemeteries – Muslim and Christian alike – are plagued by people stealing flowers, headstones or memorial stones. The cemeteries are being robbed and people are being attacked by gangsters. Vygieskraal is no exception; it is a general problem,” says Fataar. Nazleah Ameeroedien, secretary of the Vygieskraal Cemetery Board, says this vandalism is causing tension in the community,

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