CEOAFRICA.com gathered from Uganda that members of the Muslim Centre for Justice and Law (MCJL), has called on the Government to regulate the Islamic Sharia Courts for fair justice in the country.

This was disclosed at a seminar organised by the group at Hotel Africana on Friday, where the vice president, Nazifah Namayanje re-emphasised the need for the Informal Islamic courts to be regulated like other formal courts.

"Qadhi court administrators lack knowledge about the secular law and human rights. They continue to handle cases beyond their jurisdiction," she said.

The Quadhhi courts in Uganda are mandated to handle marriage, divorce, inheritance and custody issues but end up handling cases like rape and defilement.

She said the Qadhi Courts also need to be gazzetted and put up minimum qualifications for the administrators.

“Every Mosque is a quadhi Court. Government should gazette these courts like other secular courts to be easily monitored”, she added.

The group then asked government to pass the Administration of Muslim Personal Bill to become a law to fight injustices among the Muslim Communities.