Should Pakistan declare official religion as "Sunni Islam" with focus on "reforming the Ummah" to united the different (Sects) firqas (Salafi, Ahle-hadis, Deobandi, Sufi, Baralevi, Razakhani) to form a "Sahih Sunni" or "Sahih Muslim"?
It will be a major milestone and it will reduce the infighting between different firqas. It will reduce extremism, Shirk and bidaati practices in Pakistan.
Islamic Shura Council (ISC) or Moderate Islamic Principles (MIP) should be created by government, and this organization should define Islam "Sahih Sunni" as the official religion of the state.
The Institute of Islamic Values and Arabic-language need to be established to create a Islamic utopia and build the society based on Islamic Shura Council (ISC) (or Moderate Islamic Principles (MIP)).
This government based institute's primary responsibility will be to education the masses about Islam which was sent by Allah (swt) and preached by Nabi Kareem (Saw). This institute will use all different mediums (TV channels, Social Media, Internet, live Lectures) to educate people about real Islam. The ultimate goal of this institute will be to control and stop the un-Islamic practices that have become the part of our religion due to lack of real knowledge about Islam.
If it's done correctly, we should see significant decrease in extremism, in shirk and bidaati practices, for example, celebrating Urs (music, dancing, drugs, etc), making sajda to the qabar/graves, making dua to the dead, fake peer/muridi culture. We should also see religious tolerance which means No violence against religious minorities, Shia, Hindus, Sikh, etc. This should pressure government to reform of the controversial blasphemy laws.
Defining the responsibility of Islamic Shura Council (ISC) or Moderate Islamic Principles (MIP):
1 ) Educate the masses about real islam (uniting the many firqa into one as "Sahih Sunni" or "Sahih Muslim") - (No Bidat and Shrik should be taught by Islamic channels)
2) Under the guidance from Islamic Supreme Council (ISC), government will help setup a National Madressa Board (NMB)
"National Madressa board should work with The Institute of Islamic Values and Arabic-language, a Islamic research Instituted founded and control by Pakistani government, to create, authorize and implement Islamic Madressa Curriculum (IMC) which should include Quranic education, Arabic language, Social studies (Pakistan History), Mathematics, Science and Computer courses. South African Islamic institutes have built a similar curriculum for their Seminaries."
3) Discussion will be held with religious Scholars from various countries to control extremism and innovations in Islam.
4) ISC will be responsible for control extermist activities, including funding for any extremist groups.
5) ISC will help government to create and implement law to reduce Religious Intolerance (No violence against religious minorities, Shia, Hindus, Sikh, etc)
6) ISC will be responsible for educating new scholars in missionary work. These scholars will be responsible for educating minorities about real Islam in Pakistan, they will also be responsible to travel overseas for missionary work.
7) ISC will work with Police and government agencies to catch Jali Molvi, Jali peer, Jali babas and fake spiritual healers.
8) All the madaris, masajid, Imambargahs, Jamat Khanas, Mandirs, Churches and Gurdwaras should be under the supervision of Islamic Shura Council (ISC)
9) If "Islam - Sahih Sunni" became the state religious than ISC will submit a request to the government to make it compulsory to teach religious curriculum (prepared by ISC) to elementary and middle school children.
Will it work in Pakistan? Please post your comments?
