Jamiatul Ulama South Africa

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The Jamiatul Ulama Transvaal now the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa (Council of

Transvaal Province of South Africa.[1] It publishes a weekly online newsletter.[2]

Activities

It currently operates in the provinces that formerly made up the Transvaal, as well as in the

Free State Province, and is one of a number of national Muslim
organizations in South Africa.

The organization has been characterized as

Deobandi,[3] and it is widely perceived as having links with the Tablighi Jamaat
.

Large number of Muslims subscribe to decisions regarding

madrassahs
in the region.

Controversies

Apartheid-era

The Jamiatul Ulama South Africa has been criticised for its largely apolitical stance during the

tricameral system, which denied black South Africans political power, while giving limited rights to Coloureds and Indians
.

Radio Islam

The Jamiatul Ulama South Africa owns and manages a community radio station called Radio Islam that broadcasts on the Witwatersrand. A complaint was made by an organization to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa  in 1998 that the radio station was not allowing women to be heard on air. The station argued that Islam does not allow women's voices to be heard. The authority ruled against the station, and in response, the station collected a petition of 28,000 names from women who it claimed supported the decision to bar women from the airwaves.

Muhammad cartoons controversy

The organization again made headlines in 2006 when it obtained an interdict against several South African newspaper companies in the

Johannesburg High Court against the republishing of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. See: Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
. This case raised important questions about the limits of freedom of expression in South Africa.

See also

References

  1. ^ Haron, Muhammad (3 December 2020). "Reaching Out, Making Public:The Jamiat ul-Ulama South Africa and its Online Newsletter". BOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion And Philosophy (BJTRP).
  2. ^ "Reaching Out, Making Public:The Jamiat ul-Ulama South Africa and its Online Newsletter | BOLESWA".
  3. Italian Muslim Assembly. Archived from the original
    on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-06.


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