AL JAMA-AH

Our Comment to the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development on the “Superior Courts Bill”

Aziz — Sun, 30 May 2010 09:03:47 +0000

1 June 2010/ 17 JAMADI THANI 1431.

THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

THE HONOURABLE MR J.T. RADEBE MP. PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.

FOR ATTENTION: MR J.A. DE LANGE

jdelange@justice.gov.za copy: jskosana@justice.gov.za; drudman@justice.co.za

COMMENT: SUPERIOR COURTS BILL 2010 (Deadline 30 June 2010)

The Al JAMA-AH Political Party takes this opportunity to congratulate you and wish you strength when you will soon introduce the “Superior Courts Bill” in the General Assembly of the Parliament of South Africa. We would like to take up your invitation to comment on the Bill. We now bring to your attention our concern that no provision is made to include a SPECIALIST COURT to deal with justiciable matters relating to Muslim Personal Law (MPL) which will also give legal consequences to marriages conducted according to the tenets of the Muslim religion. Reference to such a need is made in the draft “Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB)” Chapter 5 which currently awaits cabinet approval. Your desire to present to Parliament an all exclusive Bill is well known and we ask you to correct this oversight.

The father of Islam in South Africa Sheikh Yusuf 1626-1699 (ORDER OF THE COMPANIONS OF OR TAMBO IN GOLD) left a legacy over 300 years ago which we believe will be crowned by the granting of legal consequences for our marriages and other matters relating to Muslim Personal Law. This was also the dying wish to me of former Minister of Justice The Honourable Dullah Omar – a wish which his comrade and friend our beloved former President Nelson Mandela wanted to realize together in their lifetime but prevented from achieving because of constitutional constraints. It is only now that the best legal minds in the country has produced a Bill that has produced this landmark legislation that the wishes of Sheikh Yusuf, Dullah Omar and Nelson Mandela is within our reach. A paper by Sheikh Dr. AK Tofffar captures these aspirations and challenges. The AL JAMA-AH Political Party call on you Mr J.T. Radebe to take the brave step at this final stage perhaps against all precedent to make provision for a

MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW (MPL) MATTERS SPECIAL DIVISION IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS BILL.

No harm will be done if this provision is made while the (MMB) is still under consideration or any other Bills related to MPL is legislated. We will further take the liberty to suggest changes to the Bill before the above deadline to accommodate this and trust that the two (2) attachments will be of some help. considered.

A paper on Muslim Personal law MPL by Dr Sheikh AK Toffar referred to in the Comment.

Chapter 5 of the Muslim Marriages Bill referred to in the Comment

How can I not vote on 27 April 1994 for a new start to Freedom?

Ganief — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:02:16 +0000

FREEDOM DAY
Hot on the heels of the 16 June 1976 freedom revolution on the streets of South Africa by our kids plans were set in place to free Nelson Mandela so that he can govern the country. The riots made very little impact on the Muslim leadership who were more concerned about “boere” desecrating mosque carpets. Free Mandela Committees mushroomed in all the townships. I received orders to mobilise the Muslim leadership and they flocked to the Bekoedratulla Hall in Cashel Avenue at the invitation of the Muslim Students Association(MSA) to adopt a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela. As hurriedly as the representatives of 75 Muslim bodies entered the Hall they left including the MJC delegation for fear of detention and MSA stalwarts were left to tell the world about this resolution. The secretary of the MJC gave me the keys to their office across the road so I could use their typewriter and photocopying facilities. Off we went to the newspapers not using St Georges Street but entrances closer to Bree Street. St Georges Street entrance was for whites. I included Achmat Cassiem’s name in the release call as the Qibla freedom fighters were the only other activists prepared to get involved further. My proudest moment at the time was to send telegrams asking for the Saudi King and Brother Leader Muammar Gaddafi whose guest I was a few years earlier to help release Mandela. This I kept quiet not to get the wrath of some of my comrades wo had issues about the monarchy. But the order was “do whatever you can” to get Muslim support. My arrest later is another story but then comes 27 April 1994 and I am faced by the Islamic Unity Convention’s resolution “not to vote” and I am the Convention’s P.R.O. As I stood in the line to vote I had to use my talents as a novice spin doctor to convince myself “How can I not vote”. We got Mandela released and now we must help him govern.

ALIMS FATWA SET TO ALIENATE YOUNG MUSLIMS FROM THEIR VALUE SYSTEMS

Ganief — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:21:06 +0000

The fatwa by influential Moulana Yunus Patel published on popular CII radio website and strongly defended by the station from one of the most senior and influential Alims in KZN and in South Africa “that professional sport is Haraam” will not only be a blow to sport professionals like Hashim Amla, the country’s star cricketer but to hundreds of thousands of young people in South Africa and millions throughout the world. The silence of most other Ulema and commentators is even more devastating.

20 – 24 Year Old’s have got what it takes to be a Ward Councillor

Aziz — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:38:57 +0000

SAFM Radio Inteview now online.

120410 SAFM 1018 – Aljama Part 1

120410 SAFM 1018 – Aljama Part 2

ALIMS CALL TO MUSLIMS TO BOYCOTT 2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP INOPPORTUNE

Ganief — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:09:17 +0000

The call on Muslim radio stations by the AL JAMA-AH Political Party to Moulana Yunis Patel and Mufti A.K. Hussein to have a change of heart and support the national team and reverse their call on Muslims to boycott the 2010 soccer event has met with a mixed response as the Alims are very influential. The Party is concerned that the boycott call will damage Muslim-African relations in South Africa as the event is positioned as an African event and was made at the the same time that there is a fictitious Muslim terrorist threat and a local professor is fueling tensions saying more and more Muslims are becoming terrorists in South Africa. South Africa is set to stage the best ever world cup event and it must not be said decades later that Muslims did not help.

ISLAMIC VALUES TO MAKE IMPACT ON POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

Ganief — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:50:33 +0000

LISTEN SAFM INTERVIEW

SIKI MGABEDELI AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST ON WHY SUPPORT AL JAMA-AH

Ganief — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:36:33 +0000

LISTEN TO SAFM INTERVIEW

18-24 YEAR OLDS GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE WARD COUNCILLORS

Ganief — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:32:35 +0000

LISTEN TO ALJAMA SAFM INTERVIEW

ISLAM THE RELIGION THAT LOST MOST LIVES FIGHTING APARTHEID

Ganief — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:31:20 +0000

LISTEN ALJAMA SAFM INTERVIEW

NO PLACE FOR SHARIAH IN SA REBUTTED

Ganief — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:02:23 +0000

Ubuntu is based on shariah. Listen to ALJAMA SAFM interview.