Jamiatul Ulama has called for an investigation of the conduct of the officers by the Human Rights Commission and Ipid.
In a statement on Saturday evening, the Council of Muslim Theologians Jamiatul Ulama said they had been left “appalled” at what they had seen in a video being widely circulated since Friday after the SA Police Service stormed a prayer gathering and arrested 17 men.
The suspects were arrested at a building in Pretoria West on Friday where they had been found praying, allegedly in breach of lockdown regulations. The men were released on bail on Saturday. Religious gatherings have been outlawed during the lockdown, and will likely continue to be even once restrictions start to be gradually lifted from the end of the month as the country moves into level 4 of lockdown alert levels.
In the video, the group of Muslims can be seen at Friday prayers ahead of Ramadan with no one observing any social distancing measures.Malema defends cops asking Muslims defying lockdown: ‘Muhammad is bigger than the president?’ The police can be heard chastising the group, and informing them they are all under arrest. One man who appears to explain something in mitigation is told, “You are an adult,” along with being told that they are blatantly ignoring a measure decided on by the president of the country.
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