Chairman Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Dr. Qibla Ayaz says the Councilis making all out efforts to highlight soft image of Islam throughlegislation and consensus of all schools of thought.
In an exclusive interview with News and Current Affairs Channel of RadioPakistan, he said Islam does not allow any kind of violent activity in thename of religion and strongly rejects mob lynching.
Dr Qibla Ayaz said both religion Islam and our constitution guaranteefreedom of religion and faith and do not impose any restriction on practiceof rituals.
He said Council of Islamic Ideology is also working to address the issueslike forced conversion and underage marriages and sensitizing the societyto discourage these incidents.
Dr Qibla Ayaz said strategy is also being chalked out to ensure thatblasphemy law 295-C is not misused for certain targets and efforts areafoot to enforce relevant laws.
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He said clerics of all schools of thought strongly and unanimouslycondemned Sialkot mob lynching incident and we expressed solidarity withthe people of Sri Lanka.
He expressed the hope that the steps taken by the government will helpensure that no such event will happen in future.
