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| Laj Masjid selects 10 qazis |
| 2007-04-06 |
| The administration of Jamia Hafsa on Thursday selected 10 qazis (judges) to issue decrees on various religious issues. “We have appointed 10 religious scholars as qazis to issue decrees on different religious issues in accordance with Islamic injunctions,” Jamia Hafsa principal Maulana Abdul Aziz told Daily Times. He said the establishment of a Shariat court at Lal Masjid and implementation of Shariat would be announced during the ‘Shariat and Glory of Jihad Conference’ on Friday (today). “The students of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa will honour and accept the decisions of the Shariat court,” he said. “After the establishment of the court, no one, be they rich or poor, will be allowed to run brothels or indulge in un-Islamic activities. If the madrasa administration gets any information about any person indulging in un-Islamic activities, they will be warned through a letter to mend their ways. And if they refuse to heed our letter, the Shariat court will register a case against them and take appropriate action,” said Aziz. Meanwhile, Ghazi Abdur Rashid, who had gone underground in anticipation of a crackdown on Jamia Hafsa, reappeared in public on Thursday. In a statement, Rashid rejected allegations that the Lal Masjid administration had not allowed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl to use the stage of Lal Masjid. He denied that Jamia Hafsa students had threatened traders in Islamabad. “The students visited shops once and asked them not to run such businesses because the sale and purchase of movies and their screening is un-Islamic,” Rashid said. |
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