Some parts of K-P domestic violence bill against spirit of Islam: CII chairman

Maulana Sheerani says top religious body will decide tomorrow whether to accept the bill or not

Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani on Wednesday expressed concern over the domestic violence bill tabled recently in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly.

"Some clauses of the bill are against the spirit of Islam," the JUI-F Senator who is the chairman of the 20-member body, which only has only one woman member, said.



Sheerani further said that the country's top religious body will decide tomorrow (Thursday) whether to accept it or not.

The K-P government sent the much-delayed bill to the advisory council to seek its opinion as the matter involves interpretation of Islamic injunctions. The government claims the proposed law has been pending with the CII for the past two months.

The CII chairman also criticised the government and incumbent lawmakers for repeatedly passing resolutions calling for the abolition of the religious body. "I am appalled at the workings of the government and the Parliament," Maulana Sheerani said.



Regarding the execution of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer's killer, the CII chairman said, "Qadri's act was laudable but he took the law into his own hands which is not right.

The CII is a constitutional body which advises the legislature whether or not a certain law is compliant with Sharia.