Advocate Yusuf Khan Dalwai,head of legal and member of the NWC for AL JAMA-AH as well as Nisa Hendricks Siers,National Marketing and Communications Manager attended the second sitting of the Clearing house mechanism meeting with the Deputy president Paul Mashatile along with representatives from political parties who form part of the GNU.
Advocate Yusuf Khan Dalwai represented AL JAMA-AH during the sitting and had the following statements to make: “We advised that some of the requirements in the GNU Clearing House agreement be revised to make it more practical. It was suggested that the GNU implement a procedure for referring policy disagreements to the Clearing House. It was also proposed that the Clearing House have a thorough protocol in place for dealing with referred concerns.
Furthermore, we requested clarification on how the results and consequences would be handled, such as if they are binding on the GNU, if they are recommendations to the GNU, or if we will just submit a report.
Regarding the Section 4 and 5 of the Bela Act. We emphasized that the best interests of minor children should always be the primary goals.
Additionally, we also expressed our concerns about criminalising parents for not enrolling their children in school. Over many decades in South Africa, the Muslim community has often sent their children to religious studies for three or four years before returning to school. or religious.
This should not be removed from the Muslim community, and the provisions should either be relaxed or provisions should be made to accommodate the Muslim community or any other religious faith.”
