ISLAMABAD: Special Representative of the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi on Monday said there was no dispute on the rights given to the minorities under the Constitution of Pakistan and Islamic laws.
Talking to a delegation of ulema and mashaikh belonging to different schools of thought, he said the one-member Minority Commission comprising Dr Shoaib Suddle did not consult Muslim scholars and respective forums before drafting recommendations for uniform curriculum.
He said the National Minorities Commission had also opposed the Minority Commission’s recommendations.
Mr Ashrafi said there was no content in the educational curriculum that was against religious minorities. “Students belonging to the religious minorities have a choice to study Islamic history and Islamic teachings in the curriculum and it is not forced upon any individual,” he said.
Special representative of the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi has said that there is no concept of forced marriage and forced conversion in Islam. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: Special representative of the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi has said that there is no concept of forced marriage and forced conversion in Islam, and it is the responsibility of the state to protect the rights of religious minorities.
He was speaking at Inter-Faith Conference for Young Women organised by the Inter-Faith Harmony Council and Diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan, here on Thursday.
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February 16, 2021
LAHORE: The Muttahida Ulema Board has termed terrorism, extremism and sectarian violence and killing of innocent people in the name of religion anti-Islam, stating Islamic law and the Constitution have already determined the rights of Muslims and non-Muslims in Pakistan.
Addressing a Press Conference here on Monday, Pakistan Ulema Council, Muthahida Ulema Board chairman and Special Representative to Prime Minister on Interreligious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi said the Shariah and Constitution protected the rights of all the minorities. “If any group, individual or organisation violates the law, legal action should be taken against it. No one should be allowed to take the law into their own hands and no Muslim or non-Muslim should be extra-judicially executed, and if anyone does so, all religious schools of thought, clerics and religious organizations have announced unanimously their disassociation.”
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Ulema, Mashaykh express disassociation with elements involved in Hindu temple attack in Karak
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Leadership of different religious schools of thought and leading Ulemas-Mashaykh, while expressing disassociation with elements involved in Hindu temple attack in Karak, have assured Hindu Community all over Pakistan for complete cooperation and support.
In a joint communique issued in Islamabad on Friday after meeting with Special Representative to Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, the representatives of Seminaries stated that it is responsibility of the state and majority Muslim population to take care of the rights of minorities in the country.