Muslim Justice commits to train 20 Sheikhs at LDC & offer free legal Aid

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Dear members,
Asalam alaikum.I want to add my voice to thank the Mufti Mubajje for articulating the issue of Islamic banking and Qadhi courts during the Ifrar dinner at state house.

Hope you are all aware of Muslim Centre for Justice (MCJL) commitment on both subjects.Through our membership of UMnet( which we house) we have been actively behind the Islamic banking advocacy and i am happy it has reached this far.

On the issue of Qadhi courts, we are going to sponsor 20 sheikhs from Butambala and Kampala(for now) to do a diploma in Law at LDC.We are also in contact with some universities in Egypt and Sudan to find out whether they can design a tailor made course in Sharia law(as per the jurisdiction of Uganda Qadhi courts) so that we send our secular young lawyers can follow up a one year course there on sponsorship.We are mindful of coordination and thus all relevant players will have a hand in this process.This program will be launch on 14 September 2012.

Lastly, as i communicated earlier MCJL has a legal Aid clinic(accredited by law council).Feel free to recommend vulnerable people to come for legal assistance. Our target are 400 hundred cases(direct legal representation in courts of law) and 1,500 case(ADR).Beneficiaries will be from Butambala and Kampala for the first two years.


Jaffer Senganda
President, Muslim Centre for Justice and Law
+256772616221
skype Name: jaffer.senganda1

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About Uganda Muslim Brothers and Sisters

Uganda Muslim Brothers and Sisters (UMBS) was started as a discussion forum in 2010 by a Ugandan Muslim, Abbey Semuwemba, based in the United Kingdom. The main aim at the time was to encourage all Muslims to come together and discuss anything on their minds. It was started with only about 200 members but gradually, however, membership expanded to more than 6000 people in different countries, and so the need arose for formal operational guidelines. UMBS is building itself to become the national umbrella organisation dedicated to the common good, to the betterment of the Muslim community and country. It was formed after several years of wide-ranging consultation and careful planning by a group of Muslims that discussed Islamic affairs online regularly. It intends to bring together all representatives of different Muslim organisations in Uganda to meet up on annual basis to discuss the affairs of Muslims in Uganda. The need to coordinate efforts on wider issues of common concern became apparent in the course of the feud that developed between Muslim leaders after the sale of Muslim properties in Uganda. This created a climate of distrust and non-cooperation between many diverse groups in the country.

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  1. Thanks for that good idea. Am a graduate of law from iuiu where am privelled to have studied secular law and some sharia law like islamic law of banking,islamic law of evidence, islamic jurisprudence among others. Am currently a student of postgraduate bar course at LDC where Insha’Allah i will be finishing my final exams this friday 17th. Iwd like to volunteer with muslim centre for justice and law. hw do i do that?
    Magomu nasuru
    0702698289/0774698289

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