After the approval of the Sharia Bill in the Frontier Assembly, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) now wants to enforce an Islamic system in Balochistan. Talking to Voice Of America (VOA), the head of a special commission for enforcement of Shariah in Balochistan, Maulana Abdul Bari, said that for this purpose, a fourteen-member committee consisting of MPAs and government officials had completed the task of excluding un-Islamic clauses from the laws of the province. He criticised some laws, particularly those made by the British still being followed in the province. He said that nobody was powerful enough to change these laws even after fifty-six years of independence. âIt is strange that Muslims living in Balochistan have to follow three kinds of laws. Sharia is the foundation of a simple judicial system which provides cheap and speedy justice to people and it is the demand, requirement and belief of the provinceâs people,â said Maulana Bari.
| Yep. Everybody's sitting around just yearning for sharia, except for the people who already have stumps... |
Maulana Bari said parts of the Sharia bill referred to the court system, police and forces reforms, educational reforms and giving women the right to an education. Maulana Bari, who also represents the MMA in the provincial assembly, said Islam gave rights to women but certain tribal societies, on their own, had declared their customs and traditions part of the Islamic system. âThere is no precedent in any law, act or religion around the world that matches the status given to women by Islam. We want to ensure through the Sharia bill the basic human rights of women which Islam gives them,â he said.
| Such as the basic human right to be buried alive under a pile of flung rocks... |
He said their Shariah system was not like that of the Taliban. There was a marked difference in Afghan and Pakistani societies and in the social life of the Frontier and Balochistan provinces.
| "Oh, yasss... We're ever so much more sophisiticated in these here parts!" |
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