ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistani Ulema Council- a coalition of Pakistani religious leaders has come to the rescue of hapless young women in Pakistan who are often tortured and punished in unimaginable ways ending in brutal murders, in the name of family honour. Following the recent murder of a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Farzana Parveen, outside Lahore High Court, the council has issued a religious edict declaring ‘honour killings’ to be a “highly condemnable” and un-Islamic.”
All Pakistani Ulema Council is also organising a summit on June 5, involving leaders from all sects, to discuss ‘honour killings’, following the brutal and brazen murder of Farzana Parveen, recently in broad daylight.
The brutality of this case has caused outrage across the country and the world. Almost 900 women died of such crimes in 2013, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. The actual number could be higher, since many cases of ‘honour killings’ go unreported.
“[A] daughter is a gift by Allah. And the feeling of being dishonoured by your daughter is forbidden in Islam,” the edict, issued on Friday, reads. “Killing one’s daughter and humiliating them is a sign of ignorance.”
According to a 2011 Pew Research Centre report, four in 10 Pakistanis say the honour killing of women can be at least sometimes justified.
The council wants clerics of all Pakistani mosques to keep ‘Daughter is a gift not a problem’ as the main theme of their sermons during Friday prayers.
HARAAM:
Murder in the name of honour is haraam and there is no permission in Islam for such a callous offence, according to members of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
Some 30 muftis of the SIC issued this statement which read: A special moot was called by the SIC to consider incidents of killing of women under the guise of honour on Sunday.
SIC members unanimously agreed that there is no concept of killing for honour in Islamic jurisprudence nor are there instances in which a woman can be killed on the pretext of honour.
Islam allows every girl, after attaining the age of puberty, to marry or solemnize her nikkah with her own will and in the presence of two witnesses, a statement issued for the press said. If the girls parents have any objection, they should file a petition in the court.
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