Pakistan

Political mileage: Blasphemy laws should not be politicised, says Mufti Naeem

Mufti Naeem says religious forces should avoid issuing statements and taking out rallies on the blasphemy laws.

Express January 17, 2011

Blasphemy laws should not be politicised and religious forces should avoid issuing statements and taking out rallies on the issue, Mufti Muhammad Naeem, a renowned cleric belonging to the Deobandi school of thought and a prominent cleric of Jamia Binoria’s Al Alamiya Trust, Site, Karachi, said on Sunday.

In an interview with BBC, he said that some elements were trying to exploit the controversy raging over blasphemy laws and extract political mileage out of it, adding that the matter should be resolved politically. Criticising elements who were “trying to glorify” the self-confessed killer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, he urged clerics to desist from painting him as a ‘hero’, Mufti Naeem said that “extra-judicial actions are wrong”. Any action to the contrary would lead to anarchy in the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2011.

COMMENTS (5)

Lulu | 13 years ago | Reply One thing which is nobody is talking about despite knowing that murdering Salman Taseer was in effect a blessing for ST as he would go straight to heaven, absolved of all his sins. I wonder why the maulvis knowing this aren't talking about it...

Sata | 13 years ago | Reply Dear Mr Naeem. Thanks for speaking up and brining some sanity into this debate. Our religion has been hijacked by these so called Mullahs and they are on rampage to destroy the very fabric of Islam.

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Hamza Baloch | 13 years ago | Reply Well Said Mufti sab.

Akhlaque Ahmad | 13 years ago | Reply Well done Mufti Naeem. Everything else aside, the man Qadri killed the very person whom he was deputed to defend.

Naeem Siddiqui,Australia | 13 years ago | Reply Huge respect and Salam to Mufti Naeem, He has revived my faith on Ulemas. This is the time true and scholastic Ulemas come forward and save Islam and its teaching from these opportunist gangs of political Mullahs. Islam is under tremendous threat from political mullahs and this threat could only be thwarted by our respect Ulemas.

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