Council of Islamic Ideology
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Council of Islamic Ideology (Urdu
: اِسلامی نظریاتی کونسِل) is a constitution
al body responsible for giving legal advice on Islam
ic issues to Pakistan Government and the Parliament
.
However, Government can make a law before the advice is funished by the council. The council is also responsible for submitting an annual interim report, which is discussed in Parliament
and Provincial Assemblies within six months of its receipt.. Recently, the Council was strongly criticized in many traditionalist quarters for its recommendations on the procedure for khula
. (See also Talaq (conflict)).
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
: اِسلامی نظریاتی کونسِل) is a constitution
Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. These rules together make up, i.e. constitute, what the entity is...
al body responsible for giving legal advice on Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic issues to Pakistan Government and the Parliament
Majlis-e-Shoora
The Parliament of Pakistan, officially termed the Majlis-e-Shoora ; is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, the upper and lower houses, respectively...
.
Functions
The council has following functions:- To recommend laws conforming to Qur'anQur'anThe Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
and SunnahSunnahThe word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...
to the ParliamentMajlis-e-ShooraThe Parliament of Pakistan, officially termed the Majlis-e-Shoora ; is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, the upper and lower houses, respectively...
and Provincial Assemblies. - To advise ParliamentMajlis-e-ShooraThe Parliament of Pakistan, officially termed the Majlis-e-Shoora ; is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, the upper and lower houses, respectively...
or Government of PakistanGovernment of PakistanThe Government of Pakistan is a federal parliamentary system, with an indirectly-elected President as the Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The President’s appointment and term are...
or President of PakistanPresident of PakistanThe President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...
or GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
on any question referred to the Council as to whether a proposed law is or is not repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam. - To make recommendations to bring current laws to conform to Islamic injunctions.
- To compiles guidance for ParliamentMajlis-e-ShooraThe Parliament of Pakistan, officially termed the Majlis-e-Shoora ; is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, the upper and lower houses, respectively...
and Provincial Assemblies.
However, Government can make a law before the advice is funished by the council. The council is also responsible for submitting an annual interim report, which is discussed in Parliament
Majlis-e-Shoora
The Parliament of Pakistan, officially termed the Majlis-e-Shoora ; is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly, the upper and lower houses, respectively...
and Provincial Assemblies within six months of its receipt.. Recently, the Council was strongly criticized in many traditionalist quarters for its recommendations on the procedure for khula
Khula
Khula is the right of a woman in Islam to seek a divorce or separation from her husband. More accurately, it is merely the right of a wife to seek a release from the marriage bond, similar to the Get in Judaic law, but unlike the latter where the husband has unilateral right to refuse, a Muslim...
. (See also Talaq (conflict)).
First members
The council was then known as Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology. Its first eight members were:- Justice Abu Saleh Muhammad AkramAbu Saleh Muhammad AkramAbu Saleh Muhammad Akram was the first Chief Justice of Dacca High Court and a former justice of the Federal Court of Pakistan .-Bengal Boundary Commission:...
, former judge of Federal Court of Pakistan (Chairman) - Justice Muhammad Sharif, former Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Maulana Akram Khan, DaccaDhakaDhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
- Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
- Maulana Hafiz Kifayat Husain, LahoreLahoreLahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
- Dr. I. H. Qureshi, Head, Islamic Research Institute, Karachi
- Maulana Abdul Hashim, Islamic Academy, Dacca
- Another member from East PakistanEast PakistanEast Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
Current members
Current members of the council are:- Maulana Sherani of JUI(F) — Chairman
- Rashid Ahmed Jalundhri
- Maulana Abdullah Khilji
- Manzoor AhmadManzoor AhmadManzoor Ahmed is a Pakistani philosopher and scholar.Born in Rampur UP, and brought up in Karachi, Manzoor is well versed in many languages including, Arabic, English, Persian and Urdu. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of London and been head of many national and international...
- Mazher Saeed Kazmi
- Aqeel Turabi
- Muhammad Hanif Tayyab
- Sayyed M. Zakir Hussain Shah Sialvi
- Munir Ahmed Mughal
- Said Bibi
- Daman Ali Shah
- Javed Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete, and educationist. A former member of the Jamaat-e-Islami, who extended the work of his tutor, Amin Ahsan Islahi. Ghamidi is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister...
- syed saeed ahmad shah gujrati