‘Islam against enforcing sharia by force’

[good sign from 'over there']

PESHAWAR: Ulema and religious leaders on Thursday declared that Islam did not allow anyone to enforce sharia by force.

They unanimously said Islam did not permit anyone to take up weapons to force people to accept sharia, adding that Islam ordained the use of peaceful means to spread the religion’s teachings.

The religious leaders expressed the views at a conference of clerics and religious scholars organised by the Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department at the Auqaf Auditorium.

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