By On Monday, Dr Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), condemned the Swat lynching incident, denouncing it as a heinous act.
Speaking on Geo News’ morning show, Geo Pakistan, Allama Raghib Naeemi stated that no one has the Sharia, legal, or moral right to punish anyone.
Allama Raghib Naeemi mentioned that in many cases, courts do not properly conclude cases, which leads to the perception among people that they need to make such decisions themselves. However, the actions that occurred in Swat, Sargodha, Jaranwala, and Sialkot are not Sharia-compliant, nor does the law permit them.
He further stated that in the Swat incident, the culprits should be identified through forensic evidence and mobile location tracking, and those involved should be punished according to the law.
The Chairman of the Islamic Ideology Council said that, according to Sharia, burning someone to death is a severe punishment. He strongly condemned the incident that took place in the Madian area of Swat.
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A man was killed by a mob over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran in the Madyan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Thursday night.
According to reports, the police had moved the suspect of the alleged desecration incident to the police station but a charged mob “attacked the police station and took the suspect away”.
People set fire to the police station and a mobile vehicle and then the suspect was “torched”.
Videos making the rounds on social media show a mob circling a body on fire in the middle of the road as well as people gathered in huge numbers outside a police station.
