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Religious groups misusing Islamic laws: Council of Islamic Ideology chief
Sun, September 01, 2024
Talking to media at the CII office, Dr Raghib Hussain Naimi (Chairperson Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)) said blasphemy laws had four different punishments. The punishment for desecration of the Holy Quran is life imprisonment while the punishment for insulting members of the Holy Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) household and his companions (Sahaba) is seven years imprisonment, the CII chief added.
The punishment for violation of the Prohibition of Qadianiyat Ordinance is three years.
The law envisages death penalty only for a person proven guilty of committing blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), Dr Naimi said. “But religious groups believe that the punishment for all the four crimes is the same — death — and take the law into their own hands.
“No one has the authority to issue a Fatwa for killing an individual suspected of committing blasphemy,” Raghib Naimi said.
He criticised religious elements for “playing with the popular sentiment for political gains”.
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