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The South Africa “Ahmadi Sympathiser” court case Judgments

The actual appeal result explained, False propaganda by anti-Ahmadiyya organisations refuted

by Dr Zahid Aziz

A series of articles is presented here relating to the outcome, in September 1995, of the appeal in the South Africa court case Sheikh Jassiem vs. Sheikh Nazim Mohamed and Muslim Judicial Council. This has been necessitated by the widespread propaganda and misrepresentation by various anti-Ahmadiyya organisations to the effect that this court judgment has recognised the authority of the so-called ulama to decide who is, and who is not, a Muslim, and that their declarations of Ahmadis as being non-Muslim have been accepted as legitimate by a secular court of law. It has even been claimed in press statements that “Ahmadis have been declared non-Muslim under South African law” (see link).

Judgments:

• Supreme Court (Provincial Division) Judgment, February 1990
• On Appeal, Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Judgment, September 1995

Articles:

• 1. Summary of Appeal Judgment and the background

  Summary of final judgment and the background of the case.

• 2. Distorted news in Muslim Views of Cape Town and reply by the advocate for Sheikh Jassiem
• 3. False propaganda in Pakistan magazine

  Translation of a news report in the Urdu magazine Tarjuman-ul-Quran written by Professor Khurshid Ahmad, along with an image of the original report from the magazine. Professor Khursahid Ahmad was a leading opponent of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Pakistan, and a well-known public figure and national politician of long standing. His report is an example of the blatant distortions and sheer falsehood spread by the anti-Ahmadiyya Ulama. Our reply is given below in no. 4.

• 4. Our reply to Professor Khurshid Ahmad’s news report
• 5. Gross misreporting by a USA-based anti-Ahmadiyya organisation
• 6. Further clarification

  Secular courts do provide protection for victims of Ulama’s declarations of apostasy and unbelief (kufr).