Azad Jammu Kashmir: Deposed Chief Justice Riaz Akhtar declared criminal by clergy

...[I]t was the first incident in the 1400-year history that the Holy Quran was wrongly translated. ...Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference would be held on Thursday, April 29and this matter would be raised at this occasion. [Ullema / Clergy]

Ahmadiyya Times | News Staff |  AJK Desk
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By SANA writer


AJK Ulema declares deposed AJK CJ Riaz Akhtar as criminal

MUZAFFARABAD, (SANA): The Ulema of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) declared the deposed chief justice AJK Justice Riaz Akhtar Chaudhary as a criminal saying he committed the contempt of the Prophets, and (Ulema) further said that his punishment should be death sentence.


The Ulema including Maulana Qazi Abdul Aziz Abbasi, the former registrar Shariat Court, Maulana Qari Abdul Malik, the chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam AJK, Maulana Qazi Mehmood-ul-Hassan Ashraf, Maulana Qari Muhammad Zaman, Maulana Abdul Qadir Nadeem, Maulana Asmat Ullah, Maulana Ghulam Mustafa, Maulana Tassawar Jawadi, Maulana Abdul Majid Tauhidi and other Ulema addressed at the Central press club and said that it was the first incident in the 1400-year history that the Holy Quran was wrongly translated.

They said that three Maulanas accepted death sentence for committing contempt of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) ‘Tauheen-e-Risalat’ in 1953.

The Ulema said that the intentionally perpetration of the contempt of the prophets amounted to infidelity adding that making such a mistake in the court verdict in AJK was also tantamount to infidelity.

They said that the deposed justice confessed his mistake and assured that the mistake in the court verdict would be expunged, adding, the Ulema believed in his statement and called a meeting in connection with his forgiveness but, they said, it was their mistake as the deposed justice did not corrected the mistake.

They said that the deposed CJ sis not renewed his marriage contract (nikah) neither he prayed to God for his forgiveness, rather, the Ulema added, he retained his decision.

The Ulema said that the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference would be held on Thursday, April 29and this matter would be raised at this occasion.

They demanded the AJK government to make legislation in the light of Khatm-e-Nabuwwat resolution 1973.

They said that the sacrifices of the Ulema for the protection of the honor of the Prophet (PBUH) and the protection of Khatm-e-Nabuwwat.

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