DAR AL ISLAM - PAKISTAN: PRAYERS OFFERED IN MOSQUES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON ENCROACHED LAND ARE VOID

'Mosques on encroached land un-Islamic'

A top Islamic organisation in Pakistan has said mosques and madrassas, including Jamia Hafsa that has been involved in a stand-off with the government over its attempt to forcefully implement Sharia, built on encroached land were considered illegal in Islam and ‘prayers offered there would not be accepted’.

Khalid Masud, Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), said all mosques and madrassas (seminaries), including Jamia Hafsa, built on encroached land were un-Islamic, and ‘prayers offered there are not accepted’.

Masud said the Council had sent its recommendations to the government about the status of such disputed mosques, especially the Lal Masjid and Hafsa seminary in Central Islamabad, but had not received any response so far.

Pointing out that Islam supported moderation in everything, he regretted that valuable suggestions provided to the government on important issues went unheeded. During the last three years, as many as 72 recommendations were sent to the government but only 17 received positive response, Masud said.

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