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The '''All Pakistan Ulema Council''' is a Muslim organization in [[Pakistan]], founded with the intention of reducing sectarian and interfaith violence, whose members include [[Islamic Clerics|Islamic clerics]] and legal scholars from a range of Islamic traditions. Its head is Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi.<ref name="TGuAug272012">Saeed Shah - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/27/pakistani-muslim-christian-girl-blasphemy|2=2013-03-07}} Pakistani Muslim leaders support Christian girl accused of blasphemy] - The Guardian, August 27, 2012</ref> | The '''All Pakistan Ulema Council''' is a Muslim organization in [[Pakistan]], founded with the intention of reducing sectarian and interfaith violence, whose members include [[Islamic Clerics|Islamic clerics]] and legal scholars from a range of Islamic traditions. Its head is Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi.<ref name="TGuAug272012">Saeed Shah - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/27/pakistani-muslim-christian-girl-blasphemy|2=2013-03-07}} Pakistani Muslim leaders support Christian girl accused of blasphemy] - The Guardian, August 27, 2012</ref> | ||
== Protecting religious minorities and dissenters == | ==Protecting religious minorities and dissenters== | ||
In August 2012, the Council joined hands with the Pakistan Interfaith League, which includes Christians, Sikhs and other religions, and Tahir Ashrafi denounced the ''misuse'' of Pakistan's [[blasphemy]] law. The unprecedented move came after a young Christian girl thought to have Down's syndrome was charged with desecrating the [[Qur'an]] and held in prison.<ref name="TGuAug272012"></ref> | In August 2012, the Council joined hands with the Pakistan Interfaith League, which includes Christians, Sikhs and other religions, and Tahir Ashrafi denounced the ''misuse'' of Pakistan's [[blasphemy]] law. The unprecedented move came after a young Christian girl thought to have Down's syndrome was charged with desecrating the [[Qur'an]] and held in prison.<ref name="TGuAug272012"></ref> | ||
The council also issued [[Fatwa|fatwas]] prohibiting honor killings<ref>Baba Umar (1 June 2014). "Pakistan clerics issue stoning death decree". ''Aljazeera News Organisation website''. Retrieved 15 October 2019.</ref>, [[takfeer]] (the act of declaring someone a non-Muslim)<ref>No Islamic sect to be declared 'kaafir': Ulema Council Dunya TV News website, Published 5 June 2014, Retrieved 15 October 2019</ref>, and joining ISIS.<ref>"Pakistan ulema council condemns IS militants". ''Dawn (newspaper)''. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2019.</ref> The first of these three prohibitions against honor killings is especially pertinent, as a 2011 Pew research report found that "Four-in-Ten Pakistanis say honor killing of women can be at least sometimes justified."<ref><nowiki>https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/30/four-in-ten-pakistanis-say-honor-killing-of-women-can-be-at-least-sometimes-justified/</nowiki></ref> | The council also issued [[Fatwa|fatwas]] prohibiting honor killings<ref>Baba Umar (1 June 2014). "Pakistan clerics issue stoning death decree". ''Aljazeera News Organisation website''. Retrieved 15 October 2019.</ref>, [[takfeer]] (the act of declaring someone a non-Muslim)<ref>No Islamic sect to be declared 'kaafir': Ulema Council Dunya TV News website, Published 5 June 2014, Retrieved 15 October 2019</ref>, and joining ISIS.<ref>"Pakistan ulema council condemns IS militants". ''Dawn (newspaper)''. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2019.</ref> The first of these three prohibitions against honor killings is especially pertinent, as a 2011 Pew research report found that "Four-in-Ten Pakistanis say honor killing of women can be at least sometimes justified."<ref><nowiki>https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/30/four-in-ten-pakistanis-say-honor-killing-of-women-can-be-at-least-sometimes-justified/</nowiki></ref> | ||
== Approving suicide attacks == | ==Approving suicide attacks== | ||
In March 2013, the head of the council announced that [[suicide|suicide attacks]] are permitted in [[Afghanistan]] so long as [[United States|US]] forces remain in the country. Tahir Ashrafi told TOLOnews,"Palestine is occupied by Israel, Kashmir by India, and Afghanistan by the US. So if the Muslims don't have the atomic bomb, they should sacrifice their lives for God."<ref>Abdul Haq Omari - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/9627-pakistan-ulema-permits-suicide-attacks|2=2013-03-05}} Pakistan Ulema Permits Suicide Attacks] - TOLOnews, March 2, 2013</ref> | In March 2013, the head of the council announced that [[suicide|suicide attacks]] are permitted in [[Afghanistan]] so long as [[United States|US]] forces remain in the country. Tahir Ashrafi told TOLOnews,"Palestine is occupied by Israel, Kashmir by India, and Afghanistan by the US. So if the Muslims don't have the atomic bomb, they should sacrifice their lives for God."<ref>Abdul Haq Omari - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/9627-pakistan-ulema-permits-suicide-attacks|2=2013-03-05}} Pakistan Ulema Permits Suicide Attacks] - TOLOnews, March 2, 2013</ref> | ||