The work of distinguished scholar Shaykh Abu’l Hasan Ali al Nadwi will be the focus of a symposium on contemporary Islamic thought on Saturday. The symposium comes ahead of the launch of the Shaykh Abu’l Hasan Ali al Nadwi Academy for Leadership Training in association with the Muslim Judicial Council[…]
As the first point of call to the senior ranks of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Nabeweya Malick always has a warm, genuine smile and keeps a cool, calm head at the most tumultous of times. She has an immensely challenging job, but one which she does with pride and[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has partnered with local medical practitioners in a bid to raise awareness on dealing with diabetes through the holy month of Ramadan. While Islam does exempt individuals suffering with dangerous ailments from observing fast during the month, many members of the community often push their[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has joined the voices in condemnation of the recent wave of xenophobic violence in Kwazulu-Natal, brandishing it “senseless and shameful criminal acts of violence”. The religious body also issued its condolences to the families of the six foreign nationals so far confirmed to have been[…]
In the wake of an alleged recruitment of a teenage girl to ISIS, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will host a workshop on Wednesday to educate the ulema on the extremist group and the dangers of social media to youth. On Sunday, a 15 year old Kenwyn girl was intercepted[…]
The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has conveyed its outright condemnation at the conviction of prominent Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah, sentenced by an Israel court to 11 months imprisonment on charges of incitement of violence. He was also handed an additional three-month suspended jail sentence. Pro-Palestinian supporters reacted with shock[…]
South African ulema, joined by a number of Muslim organisations, have urged Muslims not to resort to vigilantism or violence, as a means of protesting certain ideas. This call comes in the wake of a recent assault on Durban born author Zainub Priya Dala, who at an academic workshop last[…]
The Western Cape Department of Community Safety and Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) have agreed to partner on several ongoing youth safety initiatives, with the aim of eradicating drug and gang culture from the local communities. Officials from the respective parties met on Thursday, with the goal of discussing collaborative ways[…]
A Cape Town mother is outraged by a Goodwood school’s decision not to allow Muslim boys to return to class after Jumuah prayers on a Friday, accusing the school of unfair treatment. Hamida Akleker, whose son attends Fairburn Colleges, says he son is missing out on Maths, English and Afrikaans[…]
Led by the ‘elders’, some of the country’s leading ulema came together for a special commemorative event on Tuesday, to mark the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) 70th anniversary at Masjid-u-Salaam in Athlone. Many of the senior ulema, most of them physically frail but still mentally sharp, were perched in chairs,[…]
WhatsApp us 