Innholdsfortegnelse for 2024-02-05 i Daily Voice

SHOTS were fired at an Athlone mosque over the appointment of a new imam. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) has confirmed that it will be intervening following the incident at Masjidul Khaleel in Hazendal on Friday evening. MJC first deputy president Moulana Shuaib Appleby said the MJC is addressing the matter and that the community and the Hazendal Islamic Trust have agreed to the intervention. Appleby could not provide further details and referred queries to the parties involved, but said the outcome of the intervention would be conveyed. Police captain Ian Bennett confirmed that the incident took place on Friday evening: “It’s an internal brawl between the mosque committee which includes the imam. There was an incident where shots were fired, but there’s no case reported at this present moment.”…

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