The Muslim Judicial Council SA (MJC) hereby wishes to confirm that the halaal status of Chakalaka sausage produced and distributed by Excellent Meat is 100% halaal and in no way affected by the human error which resulted in incorrect labeling being attached to the products.  

The MJC investigated and followed the necessary procedures in response to concerns which were raised regarding the printed labels at the back of the product which described the contents as having pork casings.  Based on reports issued to the MJCHT from the necessary stakeholders, it was revealed that the delivery of labels from the printing company included an incorrect batch.

The Muslim Judicial Council congratulates Sheikh Abdul Hamied Gabier on his election to serve as the current President of the United Ulama Council of South Africa (UUCSA). The MJC conveys its support and well wishes to the current President whose responsibility it will be to ensure that South African Muslim organizations function effectively in the interests of the Muslim community.

UUCSA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in the Eastern Cape on 08 – 09 March 2010, where Sheikh Abdul Hamied Gabier was unanimously elected as the new President of UUCSA. UUCSA  serves as the umbrella body of major Muslim theological formations in South Africa and its founder members are Jamiatul Ulama Natal; Muslim Judicial Council, Sunni Ulama Council, Sunni Jamaitul Ulama, and Jamaitul Ulama Transvaal.

Sheikh A.H Gabier senior alim and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was unanimously endorsed and nominated for the position of next President of UUCSA at a special joint meeting on the 02 March 2010 between the MJC Executive Committee and the MJC Imaarah.

Moulana Yusuf Patel was re-elected as Secretary General and outgoing President, Sheikh Ebrahim Gabriels will serve in an honorary position.   

The Muslim World, on Wednesday 10 March 2010, mourned the death of one of its top religious scholars, Sh. Mohammad Sayyid Al Tantawi. Sh. Al Tantawi was due to attend the King Faisal Award Ceremony in Riyadh, when he suffered a fatal heart attack. The Egyptian media reported that Sh. Al Tantawi experienced severe chest pain while boarding a plane early Wednesday morning, he was rushed to the Amir Sultan hospital in Riyahd and was later proclaimed dead. 

Sh. Tantawi was born in the Egyptian village of Saleem al-Sharqiyyah on October 28, 1928. Sh. Al Tantawi completed the memorization of the Holy Quran at a young age in the city of Alexandria. The Sheikh was well known for his diligence and commitment to studying. He acquired his PHD in Hadeeth and Tafseer in 1966 with distinction. The Sheikh went on to become a lecturer in the faculty of Usul ud Deen and later spent four years in Libya as a teacher. The Sheikh also headed the faculty of Higher Learning at the Islamic University of Madinah. 

Sh. Tantawi  was appointed Grand Mufti of Egypt in 1986. The Sheikh held this position for almost ten years, until he was appointed Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque and Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University by President Hosni Mubarak.

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون       

The Muslim Judicial Council hereby charges the promotional article of the Lexus IS250C which appeared in the Times newspaper, dated 24 February 2010 as one of the most despicable forms of hate speech against the Muslim community.
The article written by Andrea Nagel expressed a shocking, derogatory and insulting phrase which compared and describes the silent purr of the Lexus IS250C to a “Muslim rodent in a synagogue”. 

The Muslim Judicial Council wishes to express its support to the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has taken constructive steps to wrestle the control of Turkish society from the secularist military which has dominated politics since Kamal Ataturk’s reign.Turkey's secular military has ousted four governments since 1960, proof to many that it has been the real power in the country since Ataturk set up the secularist republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.