JUI-S urges SC to ban Bible within 30 days

[DaRk WaVe]

JUI-S urges SC to ban Bible within 30 days – The Express Tribune

KARACHI: The Samiul Haq faction of the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam party (JUI-S) publicly demanded a ban on the Bible, and has set a 30-day deadline for the Supreme Court to take action.

Talking to The Express Tribune, JUI-S leader Maulana Abdur Raoof Farooqi said that his party requests that the Chief Justice of Pakistan take suo motu notice of this issue.

Farooqi claims that the Christian’s holy book “contains blasphemous passages that are a cause of humiliation for Muslims”.

He added that if the CJP does not accept their writ within one month, he will present the issue to an independent tribunal that may comprise of judges from the Federal Shariat Court. Farooqui said he wants the matter to be resolved judicially, so that the Christian community has the right to defend its stance.

Farooqi also said that if this petition was unsuccessful, then “pages from the Bible will be burned all over the world.”

MPA PPP Pervez Rafique, a member of the central organising committee of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, said that the SC should not take any action of the JUI-S’ request to ban the Bible.

“We totally condemn this demand from their party. It is against religious freedom and violates the right to practice our religion as granted by the UN charter,” said Rafique.

He criticized the JUI-S’ statement as being “very negative”, adding that no one has the authority to ban the Bible.

Rafique reiterated that the SC should not take any action in this case as it is a matter of a religion followed all over the world.

“How can they ban the Bible that is followed throughout the world?” deplored Rafique.

 

[Hyde]

its just a cheap of publicity... nobody even know this person so he might be another attention seeker

Bible is highly sacred book also in Islam and one cannot ban it if he is a Muslim. Bible is not exclusive for Christians only... It is also the word of God

 

[Mabs]

Nice to see you come back with a bang DW. These people should not be even called religious parties because when we do that, we are giving them the authority to represent us and Islam, and their opinion is accepted as the wish of the Muslims which is just absurd. They are simply political parties who will do anything to stay in the spotlight. In my opinion, religion should not be allowed to be used as an election campaign slogan as it is a private matter. People should vote for them because of their economic policies (if they have any), and not because they'll make everyone pray five times a day.

 

[lover_of_Ahlulbayt]

these A hole JUI are bunch of wahabi wannabis who hate our minorities!

May Allah curse this lanatee JUI party!

 

[Rafi]

I think we should ban all the scumbags who back the takfiri in word and spirit, regarding banning of the Holy Book never gonna happen, our constitution guarantee's freedom of religion.

 

[Dance]

What the SC should do is ban these scumbags and their jahil mullah brothers because they are a great threat to Pakistan and its society.

 

[Karachiite]

You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed --that has nothing to do with the business of the State. - Quaid e Azam