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| Shujaat offers talks on Sharia to clerics |
| 2007-05-08 |
| Pakistan Muslim League (PML) (Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday visited the Lal Masjid and offered talks to the clerics on the enforcement of Sharia in the country, which the latter turned down. Talking to Daily Times after the meeting, Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, deputy cleric of the Lal Masjid, confirmed that Shujaat’s had made such an offer to them, and said: “We already have an understanding that the government will ensure reconstruction of the demolished mosques in the first phase and the talks for the enforcement of Sharia would follow in the second.” “The government is yet to accomplish its first commitment, how can we jump into the second phase,” said Ghazi. He said that during their meeting with Shujaat, the Lal Masjid administration raised objection to the notification issued by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for reconstruction of the mosques in Islamabad. Ghazi said the government should have consulted the Muftis on the reconstruction of the mosques as according to Quran and Sunnah only the Muftis had the authority to decide about the reconstruction of mosques at new locations. |
| Posted by:Fred |