- There are 15mn hits on indecent web sites every day, says CII chief.
- CII gave unwarranted opinion on VPN, says Rana Sanaullah.
- SAPM says VPN matter has nothing to do with the sharia.
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Raghib Hussain Naeemi on Monday gave a clarification on the physique’s fatwa (Islamic decree) concerning VPN, an encrypted web community, saying its nature of being Islamic or un-Islamic primarily trusted its utilization.
“Regardless of if VPN is registered or unregistered, it is going to be un-Islamic whether it is used for indecent content material and false propaganda,” stated Naeemi talking on Geo Information morning present, “Geo Pakistan”.
Stressing the necessity to block entry to immoral or blasphemous content material on the web, the CII on November 15 declared the usage of VPN as un-Islamic.
In a press release, CII Chairman Naeemi had stated the federal government had the fitting to curb evil and stop entry to it. He had acknowledged that taking measures to forestall or limit the entry to immoral and offensive content material was in accordance with the Sharia.
Explaining the backdrop in opposition to which the fatwa was issued, he stated on Geo Information’ programme that since many of the VPN utilization was to entry indecent web sites, subsequently, the CII declared it un-Islamic.
The CII chief stated, in keeping with the experiences shared with him, there have been 15 million hits on indecent websites every day.
“When you register the VPN and do optimistic criticism, then there is no such thing as a hurt,” he stated, emphasising on registration of VPN.
Then again, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Rana Sanaullah stated he was not conscious of the federal government’s opinion on blocking VPN.
Talking on “Naya Pakistan” programme, the PM’s particular assistant on political affairs stated the matter of VPN was not for the CII or Naeemi to take up.
“The CII gave an unwarranted opinion on the VPN,” he stated, including that it had nothing to do with the shariat.
He additional clarified that the federal government imposed restriction for misuse of social media platform X.