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UUCSA, hosted meeting with Mauritanian Ambassador

The United Ulama Council of South Africa - UUCSA, hosted a meeting with the Mauritanian Ambassador HE Jarr Ould Inalla in Durban on Sunday 12 February 2023. The Mauritanian Ambassador presented and introduced his country as he shared opportunities that can be taken up by South Africans. Presentations were also done by representatives of UUCSA, Minara Chamber of Commerce, Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (IMASA), Al Baraka Bank, Salaam […]

today13 February 2023

News

COVID19: Health department provides guidelines for Muslim burial process

Questions around the processes for the burial of Muslim coronavirus patients have been raised, bringing to the fore a range of important issues from an Islamic and health perspective. As it stands South Africa has 402 confirmed cases of Covid-19. Gauteng has the highest cases of the virus and the Western Cape has the second-highest number at 100. The National Health Department has reported no deaths thus far. However, senior specialist […]

today23 March 2020

News

MJC honours 75 years worth of leadership

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) had on Wednesday held an auspicious event at the iconic Saint Georges Cathedral to commemorate 75 years since its inception. The venue played a significant role as it was the place where at least 62 Islamic scholars and academics had gathered for the first time in 1945. In doing so, they had secured their position as a council that would play a unifying, advisory and […]

today13 February 2020

News

Ulema bodies distressed by spate of Muslim kidnappings

Two prominent ulema bodies have expressed alarm at the news of yet another apparent case of abduction of a Muslim businessman in South Africa. On Monday, well known Cape Town‐based businessman, Liyaqat Allie Parker, the founder of the Foodprop Group, was kidnapped as he pulled up at his business premises. Parker had just arrived inside the basement of his business premises in Parow after 9am, when he was allegedly accosted […]

today9 July 2018

News

MJC appeals for dua as Ml Ihsaan Hendricks is hospitalized

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has requested dua (prayers) for its former president, maulana Ihsaan Hendricks, who has been admitted to an Intensive Care Unit at a local Cape Town hospital. With concern for the maulana's well-being expected to pour in, the current president of the ulama body, shaykh Irafaan Abrahams, explained that visitation rights have been restricted to close family members. “On doctor’s orders, visitation is restricted to maulana’s […]

today25 June 2018

News

‘We need a legal framework for Muslim marriages’: MJC

While the debate around the Muslim Marriages Bill remains a divisive issue within the South African Muslim community,  the majority of ulema are in support of the court bid to compel national government to make this a reality.  The fight for the recognition of Muslim marriages is one rooted in South Africa’s apartheid history and even today 23 years after democracy, the battle continues. Religious marriages, such as Muslim marriages, […]

today29 September 2017

Events

Islamic Arts Festival coming soon

Cape Town’s colourful and multi-layered Islamic art, culture and heritage will under the spotlight at the first ever Islamic Arts Festival next month. The event aims to create a platform for youth to exhibit their natural artistic abilities in the various art forms. The exhibition is the brainchild of Fusion Event Promotions in partnership with Awqaf SA, the Muslim Judicial Council and The Voice of the Cape and will be […]

today26 September 2017

News

The role of the MJC in the preservation and spread of Islām in the Western Cape

Friday 10 February marks 72 years since the establishment of the Muslim Judicial Council. To mark this historic event, the ulema body delivered a unified khutbah at masajid around the Cape during Jumuah. اَلْحَمْدُ اللهِ الَّذِيْ رَضِيَ لَنَا اْلإِسْلاَمَ دِيْنًا وَمُحَمَّدًا () رَسُوْلاً وَنَبِيا. وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَّ إِلهَ إِلاَّ االلهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ سَيِّدَنَا وَنَبِيَّنَا وَحَبِيْبَنَا مُحَمَّدًا رَسُوْلُ االلهِ، صَلَّى االلهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَمَنِ اسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّتِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ […]

today10 February 2017

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