INSCT Research: How Islamic Is Pakistans Constitution? On February 7, 2014, one day after the preliminary rounds of negotiations between the Pakistani government and representatives for the Pakistani Taliban, Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief cleric at Islamabads Red Mosque and one of the Talibans negotiators, jeopardized the peace process by refusing the Pakistani governments first condition: that all talks be held within the framework of the Pakistani constitution. I wont participate in talks until they include a clause about the imposition of Islamic law, he said, indicating that the Taliban would only agree to negotiations if the Quran, not the Pakistani constitution, remained the guiding force behind the talks. But, are these norms -- set forth in the Pakistani constitution and Sharia -- so mutually exclusive? Do Islamists really have to worry about Sharia missing from Pakistans constitution? … southasia.foreignpolicy/posts/2014/05/15/how_islamic_is_pakistans_constitution
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 17:28:52 +0000
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