- Muslim Judicial Council
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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
- ^ a b Albert Breton, Anne Des Ormeaux, Katharina Pistor (2009). Multijuralism: manifestations, causes, and consequences. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. http://books.google.com/books?id=nRtxXPX5lpQC&pg=PA92&dq=muslim+judicial+council+cape+town&hl=en&ei=1E3CTaOGIY25twfHkri7BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=muslim%20judicial%20council%20cape%20town&f=false. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=hwGjbDurQ5IC&pg=PA129&dq=muslim+judicial+council+cape+town&hl=en&ei=1E3CTaOGIY25twfHkri7BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=muslim%20judicial%20council%20cape%20town&f=false. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ a b "About us". Mjc.org.za. http://www.mjc.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104&Itemid=21. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Muslim identity and social change in Sub-Saharan Africa. Indiana University Press. 1993. http://books.google.com/books?id=gwSgv7FFCAgC&pg=PA214&dq=muslim+judicial+council+cape+town&hl=en&ei=1E3CTaOGIY25twfHkri7BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=muslim%20judicial%20council%20cape%20town&f=false. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Osama’s death exposes US ‘brutality’". IOL.co.za. 5 May 2010. http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/osama-s-death-exposes-us-brutality-1.1063414. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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