Former Justice Javed Iqbal, the son of national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, said Iqbal endorsed the Turkish concept that parliaments should be authorised to make advancement in Islamic laws, based on the doctrine of the people's consent contained in the term Ijma.
He was speaking at a function to celebrate the 45th Foundation Day of the Islamic Ideology Council, established in 1962. He said that at the same time Iqbal listed a number of conditions at the time he endorsed the concept. He anticipated that the lawmakers were not well versed with the fine tuned aspects of Islamic laws, hence they would need advice of well-educated scholars ingrained in modern knowledge and aware of prevailing social conditions, he maintained.
In fact, the teaching of Islamic Shariah had to be cast in the mould of modern jurisprudence, which is a distinct discipline with which many parliament Members may not be familiar. He added Iqbal did not favour parliaments that endorse orders and of unelected rulers. The retired Justice said the Islamic Ideology Council was established fulfils this lacuna.
However, IIC's advice is not listened to. He narrated a story of a meeting he held with former President Iskandar Mirza, who told him that the Council was created as an eye-wash,' Justice Javed observed.
Prime Minister's Advisor on religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi, who was the chief guest at the function, praised the Council for many paths breaking work done in study of Islamic Laws. Chairman IIC Dr Khalid Masud in his welcome address gave an overview of the Council's work and said it had advised the government on 72 laws; and 12 of the laws had been enacted based on IIC's draft.
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