{"id":27615,"date":"2020-02-14T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T09:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/?p=27615"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T09:18:28","slug":"listen-judge-siraj-desai-speaks-to-radio-islam-about-sona2020-the-mjcs-75th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/listen-judge-siraj-desai-speaks-to-radio-islam-about-sona2020-the-mjcs-75th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] Judge Siraj Desai Speaks to Radio Islam about #SONA2020 &#038; the MJC&#8217;s 75th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai has told Radio Islam there needs to be a more concerted effort in uplifting the poor in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Desai was speaking during the 75-year-Anniversary of the Muslim Judicial Council on Wednesday. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/listen-judge-siraj-desai-speaks-to-radio-islam-about-sona2020-the-mjcs-75th-anniversary\/siraj-desai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai.png?fit=400%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Siraj Desai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai.png?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai.png?fit=400%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27616\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai-300x188.png?resize=300%2C188\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Siraj-Desai.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa will deliver his state of the nation address on Thursday amid reports that it may be disrupted by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) who want the president to fire Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordan.<\/p>\n<p>The red berets also want former President FW De Klerk to be charged with crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about what he expects from Ramaphosa\u2019s Sona, Judge Desai says our principle duty is to uplift the plight of the poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect nothing. What I want him to do that\u2019s a different question. That is take radical steps to fundamentally alter the inequality in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Judge Desai says the MJC\u2019s 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary is more than just a celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just simply the 75<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary that we celebrate, it\u2019s the last few decades of enormous contribution which the MJC made, not simply to Islam but to all of South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Desai also touched on the judiciary saying there should be more progressive judges who can advance the common agenda and try to create a better society.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Listen to the interview with Judge Siraj Desai<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Judge Siraj Desai speaks about Sona &amp; the MJC&#039;s 75th Anniversary by Radio Islam International\" width=\"1080\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F759533689&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1080&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 12-02-2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaizelPatel143\" rel=\"alternate\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai has told Radio Islam there needs to be a more concerted effort in uplifting the poor in South Africa. 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