THE MAJLIS, PO Box 3393, Port Elizabeth, 6056
NO.3 18 Rabiuth Thaani 1432 – 23 March 2011
Some faceless, spineless cowards belonging to the pro-MMB camp, are anonymously discouraging Muslims from responding to the on-line ‘NO TO MMB” petitions organized by Jamiatul Ulama KZN and Jamiatul Ulama Gauteng. Perturbed at the thousands of Muslims objecting against MMB, these spineless cowards who fear to identify themselves, are claiming that the Minister of Justice pays no heed to a NO objection. According to the cowards, the bill is up for ‘comment’, hence submitting a NO response is futile.
This contention is utterly baseless. The NO to MMB has considerable and decisive meaning. The greater the number of NO’s , the more will the authorities be influenced to scrap the Kufr MMB. Contrary to what the pro-MMB morons say, the word ‘NO’ per se is a COMMENT, and it is a powerful comment.. The bill was published for comment by the public. ‘NO’ is a powerful and a decisive comment which the Ministry of Justice may not ignore. It is a comment which illustrates the feeling and the view of the Muslim community. The bill was released for public comment precisely for this objection, namely, “ …. to enable Parliament to inform itself of the views of the people.” Regardless of the rationality or irrationality of the views, it is of no concern to parliament since the issue pertains to a discriminatory bill aimed at a section of the population. Hence, of decisive importance is the feeling and the view of the community. Without the acceptance of the community, a discriminatory law cannot be enacted.
The thousands of ‘NO’ comments are viable and convey to the authorities the views and the feelings of the Muslim community. It is unconstitutional and unlawful for parliament to enact discriminatory legislation which a community abhors and rejects. The thousands of ‘NO’ comments will convince the authorities that the bill if legislated will be a discriminatory imposition on the basis of religion, and this is unconstitutional. The Constitution forbids discrimination on the basis of religion. A law of religious content cannot constitutionally be imposed on a particular section of the population to the exclusion of the rest of the populace when that particular section rejects that law.
It is unconstitutional for the state to impose on the Muslim community a law of religious hue, which the community rejects regardless how illogic the rejection may be. If the Muslim community says ‘NO’ to a bill, it (the bill) can never be imposed on Muslims to the exclusion of other segments of the population. There is no need for the masses in the community to explain why they abhor the Kufr Bill. It suffices that Muslims inform the government of their feelings and views regarding the Kufr Bill.
If the Muslim community, including the Ulama, abstain from providing exhaustive comment as we are presently doing, and confine themselves to only a ‘NO’, the government has no option but to take note and scrap the bill. This is the constitutional obligation of the government. Since the bill is meant exclusively for the Muslim community, it is discriminatory in terms of the Constitution. It therefore may not be imposed on the community without its request and wholehearted consent.
MUSLIMS ARE URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE PETITIONS TO REJECT THE KUFR MMB. THE SO-CALLED ‘MUSLIM’ MARRIAGES BILL IS AN INSIDIOUS ATTEMPT BY SINISTER CONSPIRATORS WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO SEEK FULFILMENT FOR THEIR PERNICIOUS OBJECTIVES. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THEY ARE RECKLESSLY MUTILATING THE SHARIAH – TO ACHIEVE THEIR PRIMARY MONETARY OBJECTIVE. WE SHALL COMMENT MORE ON THIS SATANIC OBJECTIVE IN A FUTURE ARTICLE, INSHA’ALLAH.