SUKKUR, August 11 2006: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Sindh has termed the proposed amendments to the Hudood laws un-Islamic and unconstitutional and also rejected the bans on the admission of foreign students to seminaries in Pakistan and the use of the loudspeaker.

At a meeting of its general council at the Madrassa Manzil Gah here on Aug 10, during which the country’s political and social conditions and the Israeli aggression against the Lebanese and Palestinian people were discussed, the party rejected the government “pressure” on religious institutions, the bans on the admission of foreign students to Madrassas and the use of loudspeakers and the proposed amendments to the Hudood Ordinance.

The JUI termed the amendments unconstitutional and un-Islamic and warned it would strongly resist them. Expressing concern over the ever-rising inflation rate and unemployment, the meeting said the government had failed to solve the problems of people. It condemned the Israeli aggression against Lebanon, expressing its distress at the silence of the Muslim world on the crisis. The JUI leadership appealed to the world community, especially the Muslim world, to openly condemn the Israeli aggression.

They also expressed their sorrow over the damage caused to infrastructure in Sindh by the recent monsoon rains and demanded of the government to provide relief to the rain- affected people and waive the water rate in those areas. The participants also condemned hours’ long load-shedding in the province and the alleged issue of detection bills by Hesco, demanding the government take notice of the “highhandedness” of the power company. The meeting was presided over by Maulana Mohammad Saleh Sajawali and attended by hundreds of the general council members, including Maulana Mohammad Murad Halejvi, Senator Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro, Qari Sher Afzal Khan and Siraj Ahmed Shah Amroti.
Source: The News
Date:8/11/2006