Several hundred members of the Muslim community in Cape Town gathered at the Al Quds mosque in solidarity with Palestinians.

Moulana Abdul Khaliq Ebrahim Allie, President of United Ulema Council South Africa, said: "Recently, we saw how the Zionists act against Christians, so it is not only a Muslim issue. It’s a matter of human rights. It’s a matter of where the rights of others are being violated and to the extent where they cannot live freely their religion."

Shaykh Shahid Esau, a former member of the South African parliament, said: "South Africa was also forced... the movement for liberation had to take up arms to have an impact. The world community was called on to have sanctions against South Africa and we find the very same Western countries that supported South Africa during the apartheid regime, supported the colonizers and the oppressors of our own people in South Africa. They are the very same people that are now supporting Israel against the Palestinian people."