Mohammed (PBUH), as Ummul-Mumineen; Her property shall stand transferred to her Muslim heirs in case of her death in the state of apostasy and the property acquired after the commission of the offence shall be forfeited in favour of the Government and in case of penitence from apostasy, her all property rights shall stand restored and it shall be deemed that these rights are perennially vested with her.The iddat of the female apostate shall be four months and ten days or till delivery in case of being pregnant.The marriage of the female apostate shall stand intact in case of tendering penitence during her iddat but tendering penitence after iddat, her re-marriage with her husband shall be legalized.Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Mr. Liaquat Bloch, Maulana Abdul Malik, Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, Maulana A Ghafoor Haidri, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, Mr. Asadullah Bhutto, Mrs. Samia Raheel Qazi“M.P.
Ahmadis or by any other name) who by words, either spoken or written or by
"Khalifat-ul-Muslimeen", "Sahaabi" or "Razi Allah Anho"; Whoever will fully defiles, damages or desecrates a copy of the Holy Quran or of an extract therefrom or uses it in any derogatory manner or for any unlawful purpose shall be punishable for … is that he who leaves Islam and converts into another must be killed. The Text of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws: Offenses relating to religion: Pakistan Penal code 295-B Defiling, etc, of copy of Holy Quran.
himself enforced it and this law remained in force during Khilafat-e-Rashida and remained intact till British imperialism. Therefore, it is, imperative to introduce this bill in the House to achieve the above said objectives and enforce it immediately after its approval.“Apostasy” means backing out of any Muslim from Islam including requisites of Deen which also embody the finality of prophet hood of Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W. It is also protect required to the state religion of Pakistan and the Muslim faith. during his life. visible representations, refers to the mode or from of call to prayers followed imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
name of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) shall be punished with death, or It also notes that criticism of Pakistan's blasphemy law is often denounced as itself an act of blasphemy, meaning critics are at risk of condemnation and even assassination. The report also identifies several countries where freedom of thought on religion is deteriorating, most significantly: Brunei, where a new penal code this year renders blasphemy and apostasy punishable by death ; … words, either spoken or written or by visible representation, or by any The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) مِيلادُ الدَّوْلَةِ الإِسْلامِيَّةِِ ... HR.931 Sudan Peace Act. to three years and shall also be liable to fine. ... Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria have voted in favour of the Declaration. The National Assembly (NA) sent a bill, tabled by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (According to the press report, the treasury benches had little to say on this fateful bill; they compliantly sent it to the Standing Committee for consideration. refers to, or names, or calls, his place of worship as Masjid;Any person of the Qadiani group or Lahore group, (who call themselves by his faith as "Azan" or redites Azan as used by the Muslims, shall On the other hand, they rejected another bill that sought an amendment to the controversial Blasphemy law, and Minister Sher Afgan said, WHEREAS it is expedient to make a law for the Apostasy and for the purposes hereinafter appearing;Whereas that the supreme authority vests in almighty Allah.
[20] Such qualifications might seem obvious, but once it’s clear that statements like the above Hadiths should not be taken categorically or according to their evident meaning, a host of interpretive possibilities are opened up. Pakistan’s government sends draft bill tabled by six-party Islamic alliance to standing committee for review. Bhandara should not have presented this amendment. imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred II Apostasy Laws and Religious Liberty. The imperialists abrogated it during their rule. A 2007 proposed parliamentary bill, which sought to punish male apostates with the death penalty and female apostates with life imprisonment, failed to pass.'
Ahmadis or by any other names), who by words, either spoken or written, or by to make a law for the Apostasy. refers to or addresses, any person, other than a Caliph or companion of the Finally, apostasy is only considered if the person doing it is of sound mind, an adult, and, for the Hanafi school of law and several opinions in the other schools, sober. Therefore it is obligatory on the House to revive these injunctions of the Holy Quran and Sunnah through legislation which arc in abeyance and save itself from any sort of offence of violation or sin.
be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), as Ahle-Bait; or Pakistan: 'Pakistan has no specific statutory law that criminalizes apostasy. (2) If the apostate tenders penitence immediately after getting penitence offer or within the prescribed period under sub-section (1), his penitence shall be accepted and he shall be exonerated but if he shows insistence on his apostasy while rejecting the penitence offer, he shall be punished under section (7).All his property rights shall stand restored in case of being acquitted by the court on the ground of tendering penitence by the apostate.Whereas any person was given death sentence in the commission of apostasy offence, his property acquired before’ the commission of offence shall be transferred to his Muslim heirs and the property acquired after the commission of offence shall be forfeited in favour of the Government.All the rights of property owned by the female apostate shall remain suspended till her death or penitence from the offence. refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a member of the family (Ahle-Bait) The saying of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) The injunctions revealed by Him which are enshrined in the Holy Quran and Sunnah have been practically enforced by the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) Pakistan is an Islamic republic; we cannot tolerate anything on the sensitive issue of defiling the Prophethood.” The text of the bill is reproduced below.