MULTAN: Notable prayer and religious scholars from remote areas around Multan have rejected the offer of honouraria in exchange for the promotion of a population welfare programme on loudspeakers in mosques and for delivering sermons on the merits of birth control by using contraceptives. The proposal was put forth by the Population Welfare Department, but prayer leaders termed it un-Islamic.
At a meeting held on Tuesday presided over by Maulana Abdul Majid Nadeem, the Aamli Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nabuwat secretary general, participants said the government wanted to hire prayer leaders for the promotion of un-Islamic culture, and accused the department of promoting sexual corruption, vulgarity and other social evils. They asked the government to abolish the department, as it had no place in an Islamic society. |