Aameen brother abdeen, and it's good to see you posting. abdeen wrote: > Sharia law is Laws set by Allah. > Duty to follow and adhere to them is the responsibility of all muslims. > Why only in SWAT? Should apply to whole of Pakistan which needs > Islamic reconnaisance all over, > Adopting this for the mere sake of peace with Talaiban etc., is not > good, but the real purpose should be to restore Islam > in its purity. > May Allah direct Pakistan on the straightpath. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Isha Khan <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ; [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:38 PM > *Subject:* [spam] [khabor.com] Will Sharia law bring order to Swat? > > > Will Sharia law bring order to Swat? > > Residents in Mingora, Swat > Residents in Mingora, Swat, distribute sweets in celebration of > the deal > > By M Ilyas Khan > BBC News, Islamabad > > > *The announcement that Islamic Sharia law will be imposed in a > part of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as part of > a peace deal with the Taleban has inspired both jubilation and > widespread concern.* > > The province says the new judicial system will apply in its > Malakand division - located on its northern fringe. Human rights > groups fear that parallel systems of justice lead to social > fragmentation and will hurt civil society in the long run. > > And many in Western circles are concerned that the NWFP > government, which is controlled by the secular ANP party, is > helping the militants revive a Taleban-style system of tribal > justice based on inhumane punishments. > But many people in Swat, part of the Malakand division and the > scene of a bloody insurgency in recent months, are jubilant at the > news. > > *Public needs* > On the eve of the announcement, the militants called a 10-day > truce and the army lifted a curfew that in some areas had > continued for several weeks. > > *There is considerable war fatigue in Swat, and people would be > happy to live under any system provided there is peace* > > Diary: 'End of violence' > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7892224.stm> > > "The sun is out after weeks of winter rains, and the people are > celebrating on the streets, because there are no soldiers on the > streets and no mullahs in the back alleys," one acquaintance from > Swat wrote to me. > > This indeed is a sea change from just two days ago, when civilians > continued to be beheaded by the militants or indiscriminately > killed by military fire. Does this mean the people of Swat are > welcoming a Taleban-like system of justice with open arms while > the world looks on with horror? > > *Quick and simple* > These reactions are two extremes that need to be tempered with a > touch of reality. For one, this is not the first time the NWFP > government has introduced Sharia in Malakand. In fact, some form > of Islamic justice has been in force in the region since 1994. > Tribal areas map > > In 1999, the system was amended to make it more responsive to > public needs. > It is now being re-enacted with further amendments, along with a > provision for an appeal court that was not there earlier. > Malakand division once comprised the princely states of Swat, Dir > and Chitral, where life was governed by customary law, or rivaj, > which many people also described as Sharia. > > Since 1969, when the states were annexed by Pakistan, the people > have been up against the British legal system with its complex > procedures, its preference for documented evidence over oral, and > the costs it incurs. > > Many believe it was the people's craving for simple and quick > justice that motivated them to support the radical cleric Sufi > Mohammad's cry for Sharia in 1994. That movement led to the > introduction of the first Sharia law in the region. > > Sharia has also been the central plank of the Taleban's war > ideology in Swat - unlike in the more egalitarian tribal regions > called the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), where > disputes over Sharia have not been central to the > military-militant conflict. > > Now the NWFP government has proposed a Sharia-based system that > would make justice quick, and perhaps slightly less expensive, > without allowing it to end up into an anarchic Taleban version. > The system, as the NWFP chief minister pointed out in a news > conference, would be run by the same judicial officers, under the > same procedural laws as elsewhere in the country. > > But he said the government had developed mechanisms to put a time > limit on the adjudication of cases, something which does not exist > elsewhere. > In addition, disputes can be settled under a larger body of > customary law than is the case elsewhere in the country. The only > Islamic content is the nomenclature - the government has > substituted English titles for courts and officials with Arabic ones. > > *Shaky path* > The question is, does the government have the administrative > capacity to work the system even though it has failed to do so > twice already? > And will the militants agree to give up their space and let the > government rehabilitate its administrative institutions in areas > they control? > Residents in Swat > Thousands of residents have fled the conflict in Swat > > NWFP officials have been wary of the army's intentions, and have > been blaming it for promoting instead of curbing militancy in Swat. > > They have now indicated they will be asking Sufi Mohammad to > persuade the militants, led by his renegade son-in-law, Maulana > Fazlullah, to disarm.. > This is a shaky path. > > Sufi Mohammad is still the symbol of the Sharia movement in > Malakand division, but he has been away from the region too long, > having spent several years in a Pakistani jail. > Besides, his repeated denunciation of armed violence has had > little effect on militants, who draw influence from several groups > of foreigners and militants from other areas of Pakistan who have > infiltrated Swat. > These militants are in the forefront of violence in Swat and are > known to have sabotaged an earlier peace deal with the government. > But there is considerable war fatigue in Swat, and people would be > happy to live under any system provided there is peace. > > NWFP hopes that if the Taleban persist with violence despite the > introduction of Sharia, it will be easy to isolate them in areas > they control. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7893042.stm > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7893042.stm> > > > > > >
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