Sharia in Pakistan

The Balochistan region of Pakistan appears to be ready to impose the Sharia, Islamic law, on all its citizens. The current legal code has been combed through with all un-Islamic references weeded out; the finished product has yet to receive a final endorsement, though.

Pakistan's Daily Times reports:

"There is no precedent in any law, act or religion around the world that matches the status given to women by Islam. We want to ensure through the Sharia bill the basic human rights of women which Islam gives them," [Maulana Bari] said. He said their Shariah system was not like that of the Taliban. There was a marked difference in Afghan and Pakistani societies and in the social life of the Frontier and Balochistan provinces.

PML-QA member of parliament Jafar Khan Mandokhel said that although his party was not opposed to Sharia, he felt the MMA was using the name of Islam for 'political benefit'.

The more religious and political leaders in Pakistan try to enforce Islam, the less likely it is that modern Pakistani society will thrive.

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