More defense for Islamic rapists from the nation’s Muslim leaders. The new law allows for rape and adultery cases to be tried according to a modern criminal code, without the Sharia requirement that they can only be established by the testimony of four male witnesses who saw the act. “Ulema demand WPA withdrawal, CII reformation,” by Adeel Pathan in The News, with thanks to DFS:
HYDERABAD: Religious scholars and leaders have demanded the withdrawal of the Women Protection Act and called for the reformation of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) representing Muslims of all schools of thought.
Declaring the act un-Islamic, they said it would promote obscenity and convert Pakistan into a “free-sex zone”.
The demands were made at the annual Imam Noorani conference at the Noor Mahal Chowk, which was chaired by Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) and World Islamic Mission chief Allama Shah Anas Noorani. The conference, through resolutions, demanded that the existing CII should be dissolved as it does not comprise Ulema….
The JUP chief said the implementation of the Women Protection Act would destabilise the society and change the Islamic ideology of the country. He termed it a challenge to religious forces in the country.
He said the religious forces would continue their struggle against the act and other “un-Islamic” policies of the government, and added that this act is against the Holy Qur”aan and Sunnah….
The JUP chief said un-Islamic laws are being passed to appease the Western world, adding that the JUP has already kicked off an “Azan Campaign” to get rid of the rulers. An important meeting of the JUP would be convened in Karachi on Monday (Dec 18).
JUP Vice President, MMA central leader and MNA Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammed Zubair said the government has adopted policies to turn the country into a secular state through making changes in Islamic laws and curriculum.
He said he would not sit in an assembly that has adopted the Women Protection Act, which “is against the teachings of Islam“.
No doubt Western Muslim spokesmen would claim that when Allama Shah Anas Noorani says that the new law is “un-Islamic,” he actually manifests his ignorance of Islam, which accords equality of rights to women. It would be refreshing to see them confront his arguments head-on and explain why he is actually misusing Qur’an and Sunnah. Don’t hold your breath.