The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has condemned the fatal shooting of a Cape Town Moulana in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats on Wednesday night.
The police found the body of the 33-year old man lying in the street in Lentegeur. The police say that the victim had just left a mosque when he was approached and shot by unknown suspects.
Two other men were also wounded and have been taken to hospital. The motive for the attack remains unclear and no arrests have been made as yet.
MJC spokesperson Sheikh Riad Fataar has called for a swift and thorough investigation.
“As the Muslim Judicial Council, the Muslim community, the community in general, we are shocked, we are aggrieved by the fatal shooting of Moulana Mustaqeem Wanza and the shooting and injury of Moulana Junaid Saws. This after Thursday night’s act of Ibadah, after the Taraweeh salat, they were on their way home from the Masjid and this heinous crime was committed against them. There is no respect shown to the month of Ramadan, no respect for coming from a sacred space.”
