Finally, Pakistani Religious Body Calls Honour Killing Un-Islamic

About 1,100 women were killed in the name of ‘honour’ in Pakistan last year.

At least 40 clerics had ealier issued a fatwa against honour killing in Pakistan. Image used for representation. (Photo: iStockphoto)

• 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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