Gaza religious courts to shut down for security reasons
Published 16 November 2014 17:43
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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Religious courts in the Gaza Strip will be closed every
Thursday because police officers in charge of security in courts decided to
suspend work on that day, the higher religious judiciary council in the Gaza
Strip announced Sunday.

Chairman of Hasan al-Juju told Ma’an that the decision to shut down courts
on Thursdays came after several employees were assaulted in the absence of
police officers whose job is to protect them.

Judiciary police aren’t working regularly because they haven’t received
their monthly salaries for several months. Al-Juju urged the Palestinian
Authority to pay salaries and expenses to judiciary police so that they can
keep security in religious courts.

“While the higher religious judiciary council apologizes to the public for
operating only four days a week, we call upon all officials to stick to
their responsibilities and pay salaries to all employees in judiciary courts
including judges and other employees,” Sheikh al-Juju said.

He warned that religious courts could completely shut their doors to the
public if the status quo remains unchanged.