In a series of events to celebrate the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) 70th anniversary, members of the ulema joined residents at Masjidul Jumu’ah in Delft for an afternoon of Quranic recitation and thikr. The event formed part of VOC’s third Ahlan Wa Sahlan project, in partnership with aid organisation Gift of[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has arranged a number of Ramadan outreach programs this weekend, in a bid to reconnect with the community during the sacred month of giving. MJC secretary-general Maulana Abdul Khaliq Allie said the first project they have lined up is a visit to the Porterville Prison[…]
Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) president Maulana Igsaan Hendricks has made an international appeal for the release of South African citizen, Stephen McGown who remains in captivity. McGowan was one of seven hostages captured by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Mali. McGowan and Swede Johan Gustafson are still being held.[…]
With doctors in South Africa facing an uphill battle to find life-saving organ donations, there remains a tremendous amount of uncertainty amongst Muslims on the Islamic perspective on this controversial issue. According to one scholar, it is permissible to be an organ donor on the condition that the person can[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) on Wednesday announced a ground-breaking initiative in partnership with the City of Cape Town that will seek to ease the process of establishing mosques, prayer spaces and Islamic institutions across the city. Through the project, land will be made available in areas where prayer facilities[…]
Cape Town has lost another elderly alim – Imam Achmat Makki Edwards, who passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 78. The imam was fondly known as ‘Imam Makki’ as he was born in Makkah. The cleric was a member of the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) Imarah, the[…]
The Muslim community in the impoverished Samora Machel informal settlement will be the benefactors of a ground breaking initiative between the Muslim Judicial Council and the City of Cape Town. After an application to the City, the MJC has received permission to set up containers for the Muslim residents in[…]
Since its inception in 1945, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has served a crucial role in catering to the religious needs of the local Muslim community. Whilst opinions on the ulema body may not always be the most glowing, the ulema body has ultimately been at the forefront of issues[…]
With the chorus of international condemnation growing, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has rejected the death sentence of former president Muhammad Morsi, calling it an “unjust verdict”. Morsi, the first democratically elected president of Egypt, and 106 Muslim Brotherhood members were handed down the death penalty in an Egyptian court[…]
One of the South Africa’s most illustrious Islamic scholars has passed away. Maulana Yusuf Karaan died on Sunday morning, at the age of 79, after suffering from illness for a long time. Maulana Karaan is the mufti of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and has headed its Fatwa Committee for[…]
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