Plans
- Targets
- Playing active role, through provision of guidance, for the fulfillment of the pledge given to the masses by the founders of the homeland to establish a system of governance based on Islamic principles of social justice, equity, tolerance, freedom and peaceful co-existence
- Contributing towards insuring that each and every citizen of Pakistan regardless of his race, colour, sex, language, religion, ethnic or social origin enjoys all basic human rights conferred on him by Islam as well as the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Striving to achieve the goal of providing all-encompassing guidance to the Muslim citizens of Pakistan, both in private and public spheres, to order their lives according to the concept, teachings, and injunctions of Islam as contained in the Holy Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH)
- Ensuring that no such law is enacted in the country which may be repugnant to the injunctions of Islam as enshrined in the Quran and the Sunnah
- Securing that all existing laws as currently enforced in the country are brought in conformity with the concept and teachings of Islam
- Encouraging extensive debate and open dialogue among representatives of different, and at times, opposing schools of thought so as to reach at a common understanding of modern day challenges faced by the Ummah, as well as to formulate common responses to them
- Striving to achieve a degree of Unity (in diversity) viz formulating strategies to counter the foreign cultural as well as media onslaught on Islam and Islamic culture
- Fostering and promoting endeavors to introduce reform in fields and sectors such as society, law, economy education, polity and media (both electronic and print)
- Highlighting the egalitarian nature of the teachings of Islam that guarantees peaceful co-existence between the citizens of an Islamic state regardless of their ethnic or racial origns and/or cultural and religious affiliations
- Nourishing efforts to remove misunderstanding about Islam and pave the way for unraveling the true nature of Islamic faith and teachings which allocates no room, whatsoever, to bigotry, extremism, dogmatism, sectarianism and fanaticism
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- Strategy
To achieve these targets the Council, besides carrying out its Constitutional functions, shall undertake of encourage research in the fields of:
- The evolutionary stages of development of Islamic jurisprudence
- The intricacies of divergent Fiqhi Maslaks in Pakistan
- Compilation of booklets highlighting therein Islamic point of view on issues of national as well as international interest
- Review and comparative study of Islamic Laws as enforced in different Islamic countries
- Preparation of critical studies of books, monographs and papers representing West’s point of view through holding public discussion on their contents
- Networking with and hosting scholors of international repute at Council for short or long duration
- Striving for accord and concurrence on issues of vital national interest through bringing together, to dialogue table, representatives of divergent opinion from among Colleges, Universities, Deeni Madaris, Faminist organizations, Ulema, Human Right Associations and other civil society representatives
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- RESEARCH ORIENTATION
In order to achieve the objectives of Research Orientation, Publicness, and Efficiency, the Council's strategy is designed as follows:
Council's recommendations are based on an extensive research support derived from
- An overview of the relevant doctrines on the relevant subject in the various schools of Islamic law
- Available information about laws and practice in Muslim countries on the given issue
- Visit of Members of the Council to Muslim countries for consultation and data collection
- Field research and collection of relevant information and statistical data as required for a well informed discussion on the issue under consideration
- Consultation with the experts
- Research ( status) report reviewing current debates on the relevant issue
- Short term research projects
See Research and Publication Projects
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- AFFILIATED SCHOLARSHIP
Inviting Pakistani and foreign students and scholars for short and long periods to participate in the research programs of the Council
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- Conferences/Seminars/Discussion Groups
Organizing various fora for collective discussions on issues under Council's consideration. The papers, deliberations, interventions and contributions by the participants constitute source material for the Council for a better understanding of the issue, a well-informed discussion and comprehensive recommendations.
Workshops/Conferences/seminars/discussion groups
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