ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday excluded jihad related verses from Quranic syllabus while The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) lodged a strong protest and demanded government to back off its decision.
The CII members were with the view that jihad-related verses were not deliberately included in the curriculum. It would have been a lot better if the government had compiled Quran from CII rather than any Non-Government Organisation (NGO), the members said.
They also said that rather than expelling the verses, the government should have cleared the difference between terrorism and jihad.