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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:44 PM Mar 2016

Top Pakistani religious body rules women's protection law 'un-Islamic'

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-women-idUSKCN0W51O9

Thu Mar 3, 2016 9:10am EST


A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam on Thursday declared a new law that criminalizes violence against women to be "un-Islamic."

The Women's Protection Act, passed by Pakistan's largest province of Punjab last week, gives unprecedented legal protection to women from domestic, psychological and sexual violence. It also calls for the creation of a toll-free abuse reporting hot line and the establishment of women's shelters.

But since its passage in the Punjab assembly, many conservative clerics and religious leaders have denounced the new law as being in conflict with the Muslim holy book, the Koran, as well as Pakistan's constitution.

"The whole law is wrong," Muhammad Khan Sherani, the head of the Council of Islamic Ideology said at a news conference, citing verses from the Koran to point out that the law was "un-Islamic."

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Top Pakistani religious body rules women's protection law 'un-Islamic' (Original Post) FrodosPet Mar 2016 OP
Now now, they're just not REAL muslims, see. Shandris Mar 2016 #1
 

Shandris

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1. Now now, they're just not REAL muslims, see.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:49 PM
Mar 2016

They're just pretend muslims, because Islam is The Religion of Peace. So since The Religion of Peace clearly is Peaceful, then those people must not be real muslims.

Bet you feel real silly now after posting that racist drivel don't you?!

(( But if you really needed the tag, you might consider professional help. ))

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