The head of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Allama Raghib Hussain Naimi, has declared that it is “unIslamic” and “unlawful” to proclaim someone guilty of a crime.
Such “emotional actions harm the purpose of the Khatm-e-Nabuwat (Seal of Prophets),” according to a statement from Naimi. No person or organization may execute another person or issue a fatwa on their own, even if a court rules in their favor.”
Pakistan is described as a “constitutional and Islamic state” in a statement released by the chairman of the CII’s office. The statement further states that all offenses recognized by the legal system have permanent penalties, which are administered by the court in accordance with established protocol.The Council has emphasized time and time again that the unambiguous teachings of the holy Quran and Sunnah are not compatible with incitement, proclaiming someone to be no longer a Muslim by the issuing of a fatwa of takfir, or threatening to destroy a government, state, or common individual.
The statement also stated that “it is their official duty to provide religious knowledge about the right and wrong views” as determined by the academics and muftis of all Pakistani schools.
It was emphasized that the scholars and muftis bear the burden of determining, in accordance with Shariah, whether an individual has committed blasphemy or uttered words that are sacrilegious and if the state, government, or court has jurisdiction over the matter.
