ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Wednesday condemned the tradition of mob vigilantism within the nation and reiterated its name for the institution of particular courts to attempt such circumstances.
However there was a consensus on the assembly that desecration of Holy Quran did happen in Sargodha on Saturday (Might 25) and condemned each side for the mayhem that adopted.
The assembly was chaired by the CCI’s new head, Dr Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naimi.
An angry mob went on the rampage in Sargodha’s Mujahid Colony on Saturday after rumours began circulating that some shredded pages of the Holy Quran had been discovered exterior the house of a Christian.
An announcement issued by the council stated: “The Council condemned the sacrilege of the [Holy]Quran and people who attacked the Christian households and their houses.”
The CII sought extreme punishment for each side.
It reiterated its earlier suggestion that particular courts be set as much as attempt such crimes.
“There’s an pressing have to impart consciousness and information amongst residents that they can not take legislation into their very own arms, particularly since mob justice is in opposition to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah, in addition to the Structure.” Dr Naimi stated.
Referring to Paigham-i-Pakistan, a nationwide doc, the CII chief stated if folks take the legislation into their very own arms, the state ought to take fast motion.
The CII had urged to the federal government in September to determine particular courts in order that speedy justice may very well be meted out to the perpetrators of Jaranwala-like incidents.
The CII assembly at the moment was chaired by Dr Qibla Ayaz, its former chairman. It said that Islam and all different religions lay stress on human dignity, advising adherents of all religions in opposition to going for “mob justice with out trials”.
The assembly was specifically summoned to debate an incident in Jaranwala space of Faisalabad on Aug 16 final 12 months that was much like the one in Sargodha final week.
The CII had made related solutions in Dec 2021 after a mob lynched Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanaa, a Sri Lankan professional working at a manufacturing unit in Sialkot, on the premise of allegations that he had dedicated blasphemy.
Printed in Daybreak, Might thirtieth, 2024