KARACHI: An official of a major seminary expressed his displeasure Monday over a debate on the Hudood Ordinance on a private TV channel and programmes organized by a private FM radio station on issues related to madrassas. He demanded that the government take action against these organisations for ‘stirring up controversy’ on “settled issues”.“The West is busy implementing its vicious plans against Islam and a secular segment in our society is serving the West by creating ambiguity against Islamic laws, which are otherwise settled and commonly agreed upon,” opined Mufti Mohammad Naeem, who runs the Jamia Binoria SITE Town, one of the city’s major seminaries. Naeem believed the debate on the Hudood Ordinance organized by a private TV channel was “just the beginning” and would be followed by similar “propaganda” against other “Islamic laws, which have been formulated to make a true Islamic society in Pakistan”.
He said a private FM radio channel was broadcasting debates on issues relating to seminaries, urging the authorities to take action against madrassas and their international students. He said the radio station was broadcasting “fake calls” to create hatred for seminaries. He demanded the government take action against these TV and radio channels and ban “unnecessary debates” on “settled issues”.