Karachi: Religious scholars urged the religious seminaries and their students that they should play a vital role in establishing a peaceful and tolerant society while unstable political system has created disappointment and discontent amongst the masses.
They were speaking to one-day training workshop for the students of mudrassas titled “Present challenges and responsibilities”, organised by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPs), an Islamabad based think-tank, in Karachi on Monday. Hundreds of students of mudrassas hailing to different schools of thought attended the workshop.
Dr Jaffer Ahmed, head of Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi, shedding light on the topic “New Challenges and Responsibilities”, said that there is need of the hour to encourage the culture of dialogue amongst different segments of society in order to promote peace and harmony. He said that social reforms had only possible because of changing in economic policies.
“Our country has been facing severe problems at internal and external fronts for the last several year owing to extent of these longstanding problems coupled with weakness of the state to tackle them alone”, Ahmed said to the participants, “it is incumbent upon civil society organizations and other segments of the society to play their active role”.
Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman in his keynote address says that we have to understand the point of view of the civilization, after knowing the views of the people we could prepare a better policy and solved the problems in a better way which Muslim are facing all around the world. He said “we cannot impose our view points on others.
Mufti Muneeb said that people are disappointed because of unstable political system of the country. “Unfortunately, we have left the research because of which Muslims are facing many difficulties in present period,” he added. He said that Ulema and religious class have been struggling for the implementation of Islamic system since creation of Pakistan.
Usman Khan Advocate, chairman of committee of international law at Lahore High Court, discussed at length the evolution of Islamic laws in Pakistan. The 1973 Constitution has a preamble that forms the basis of Islamic legislation and Article 2, clearly mentions that Islam is the religion of Pakistan, he said, adding that the ninth chapter of the Constitution lays out the procedures of Islamic legislation.
Dr Saeed Shafqat, director, Center for Public Policy and Governance, said that our overall education system have lack of research. He added that if we teach arts and skills to the children and guide them toward research then educational system will have fruitful results.
Mujahid Bralvi, a senior journalist, and Haris Ramzan, a research fellow at research society of International law at Pakistan also spoke and discussed the role of media and legal issues respectively.
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