Muslim Judicial Council

The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), a non-profit umbrella body of Islamic clerics in South Africa, is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.[1][2][3] It was established in 1945 by the Muslim Progressive Society.[4][3] As of 2009, approximately 150 mosques were affiliated with it.[1]

In 2011, Muslim Judicial Council spokesman Shuaib Appleby condemned the killing of Osama Bin Laden, saying: “extrajudicial killing is totally condemned by Islam. A person must be duly tried, with a court deciding on a punishment if the person is found to be guilty. We hope that with (Bin Laden’s) death, the kinds of ideas that Muslims globally were subjected to – the Islamophobia – and being associated with terrorism will cease with immediate effect.”[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Albert Breton, Anne Des Ormeaux, Katharina Pistor (2009). Multijuralism: manifestations, causes, and consequences. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Muslim identities and political strategies: a case study of Muslims in the greater Cape Town area of South Africa, 1994–2000. kassel university press GmbH. 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "About us". Mjc.org.za. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Muslim identity and social change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indiana University Press. 1993. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Osama’s death exposes US ‘brutality’". IOL.co.za. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

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