- The Conservative Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), a Pakistani religious body, on Tuesday declared that honour killing is “un-Islamic”, days after several influential clerics issued a fatwa saying the same.
- On 12 June, 40 clerics of the Barelvi school of thought in Pakistan called honour killing “un-Islamic and unpardonable sin.”
- It condemned recent honour killings in Lahore, Abbottabad and Murree, saying such incidents have shaken the whole society.
- At least 1,100 women were killed in the name of ‘honour’ in Pakistan last year.
- Earlier, the CII had come under sharp attacks after it suggested that husbands can “lightly beat wives.”
(With agency inputs)
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