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Women Not Required To Cover Faces Under Sharia, Say Pakistan Clerics by Itulah(m): 6:09pm On Oct 20, 2015

Pakistan’s top religious body has said women are not required to cover their faces, hands or feet under Islamic Sharia law, a rare judgement from the conservative council of clerics seen as “encouraging” by rights activists Tuesday.

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), which was formed in 1962 to advise parliament on the compatibility of laws with Sharia, made the ruling during its meeting on Monday.

However the chairman of the council Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani also “advised women to follow ethics and have a careful attitude in society”, a spokesman told AFP.

He said the cleric had recommended women “cover up their body parts to avoid threats or mischief”.

Farzana Bari, a prominent women’s rights activist, termed the ruling “very interesting”.

“It is a good sign, the clergy seems to have realised that their legitimacy is being challenged and this ruling is aimed at improving their image,” Bari told AFP.

“The orthodox clerics have been put on the back foot, look at the Supreme Court decision about blasphemy laws, it’s encouraged some clerics to come forward and speak about amending the laws,” she said.

Blasphemy is a volatile issue in Pakistan, an Islamic republic of some 200 million, where even unproven allegations frequently stir mob violence and lynchings.

But this month the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of a politician who sought blasphemy law reform, in a historic verdict hailed by moderates as a blow against religious extremism.

The CII, whose recommendations are non-binding, has drawn widespread criticism in the past for other rulings.

Last year, the religious body declared the prohibition of child marriage incompatible with Islam and demanded that the government amend its laws, prompting outrage from human rights activists.


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Re: Women Not Required To Cover Faces Under Sharia, Say Pakistan Clerics by ValerianSteel(m): 6:18pm On Oct 20, 2015
Muslims all around the world need a serious soul searching before they can address or redress issues affecting them.
Re: Women Not Required To Cover Faces Under Sharia, Say Pakistan Clerics by madridguy(m): 6:18pm On Oct 20, 2015
GOOD TALK FROM THE MAN. DRESSING LIKE LAGBAJA IS NOT PART OF SHARIA BUT YOU MUST DRESS DECENTLY.
Re: Women Not Required To Cover Faces Under Sharia, Say Pakistan Clerics by parisbookaddict(f): 6:53pm On Oct 20, 2015
While secular universities and protestant colleges and catholic institutions of learning are leading the world in understanding the universe. ...muslims scholars are debating if a woman should cover her face..

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