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MJC petitions WC Gov to expedite mortuary backlog

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC SA) requests the public to support a petition demanding the Western Cape government expedite Muslim autopsies to within the pre-agreed 24-hour processing time. “The MJC met with the Department of Health several times and have been in contact with the necessary authorities at the mortuaries as well,” said MJC second deputy president and head of the Muslim Cemetery Board, Shaykh Riad Fataar. The problem began […]

today12 January 2018

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MJC calls meeting with health officials in light of mortuary backlog

By Mishka Daries The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has raised concerns following reports from the community that bodies are not being swiftly released from Cape Town mortuaries in time for the customary 24-hr burial procedure in Islam. A number of families in Cape Town are waiting anxiously for the bodies of deceased, due to delays in finalizing post mortems. The Western Cape Health Department's Forensic Pathology Services (FPS) in the […]

today11 October 2017

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