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Muslim cleric forced to apologise over ’vulgar’ statements ahead of marriage to second wife

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Parkwood Maulana Dawood Sampson was forced to retract and issue an apology for his “derogatory” statements about women posted in videos that have since gone viral on Facebook.

Sampson comments in at least two videos on the social media platform that were made under the guise of polygamy and his upcoming nuptials to his second wife, which he claims to be under Sharia law.

In another video, promoting a 10-week “marriage course with a difference”, Sampson said “a wife is cute when she is mute and a husband is honey when he gives money”. “The deplorable actions of a Capetonian cleric within the Muslim community has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. In his apology, Sampson said: “It was regrettably misconstrued to undermine and be disrespectful to our women.The MJC said it noted his utterances with concern.

 

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