Abstract
Hudood ordinance of General Zia regime remain controversial among various segments of Pakistani society since its promulgation in 1979-80. Opposition to the Hudood Ordinance3 could not succeed as the traditionalists/fundamentalists did not allow anyone to discuss these laws let alone to repeal it. During Musharaf regime a debate was generated in media which finally ended up with bringing changes in the Hudood Ordinance and passing of Women Protection Bill (2006) by the Parliament. In Pakistan‟s chequered democratic history, for the first time Islamic injunctions were subjected to debate by the public representatives. In the eve of debate, a relatively unknown Islamic school attracted many educated people to a particular interpretation of religion. This school is known as Islahi-Ghamidi school in the existing religious intellectual discourse. Javid Ahmad Ghamidi‟s view on Hudood ordinance was quite similar with the modern/NGO prompted views of repealing these laws but on different basis. The whole episode of campaign for and against the Hudood laws is connected with the existing religious intellectual discourse. How Ghamidi rebuffed the religious supporters of the Hudood Ordinance is targeted in the following pages. A descriptive approach along with content analysis is adopted to look to Ghamidi‟s thought along with a comparison to other religious trends in Pakistan. The legislative process along with the extra-parliamentary manoeuvring of the traditionalists/fundamentalist is also focussed when the women protection bill was moved in the parliament.
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