CII holds Muharram peace conference

ISLAMABAD:

The CII on Thursday hosted its annual National Ulema and Mashaikh Peace Conference in connection with the sacred month of Muharram reaffirming its commitment to peace, unity, and inter-sectarian harmony under the framework of the “Paigham-e-Pakistan” national narrative.

During the conference, the Ulema and Mashaikh unanimously endorsed a code of conduct emphasising that every sect has the right to preach its beliefs, while hate speech, incitement, and taking the law into one’s own hands would not be tolerated. The scholars agreed that the authority to declare any individual an apostate (Takfir) lies solely with the courts.