September 20, 2013 ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday ruled that there is no need to amend the blasphemy law but its misuse needs to be stopped. Law against the registration of fake FIRs already exists and should also be implemented against the registration of fake blasphemy cases, the top body of clerics observed in its meeting held under its chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Shirani. The CII is a constitutional body that advises the legislature whether or not a certain law is repugnant to Islam. Ashrafi, who is also chairman of Ulema Council of Pakistan, said that the members of the body were unanimous against any change in blasphemy law. “We will not allow anyone to touch this (blasphemy) law,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2013.