Jamiatul Ulama South Africa

Large number of Muslims subscribe to decisions regarding fiqh (Islamic law) in the region where the organization operates.

The Jamiatul Ulama South Africa has been criticised for its largely apolitical stance during the apartheid era.

The organization, unlike its counterpart in KwaZulu-Natal, the Jamiatul Ulama KwaZulu-Natal was accused by more activist Islamic scholars at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of not speaking out against the tricameral system, which denied black South Africans political power, while giving limited rights to Coloureds and Indians.

A complaint was made by an organization to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa  in 1998 that the radio station was not allowing women to be heard on air.

The organization again made headlines in 2006 when it obtained an interdict against several South African newspaper companies in the Johannesburg High Court against the republishing of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.