Shahzeb Murder: Block the Misuse of Deeat Law

“In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful”

Open Letter
To CJ Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry

6th February 6, 2013 – 24th Rabi-ul-Awwal, 1434 H

Subject: Shahzeb Murder: Block the Misuse of Deeat Law

Respected Sir,

Asalamo Alykum. May Allah Almighty bless you for taking sue motto action upon the murder of Shahzeb Khan of Karachi by Shahrukh Jatoi and acquaintances. It was a great job to get back Shahrukh Jatoi from Dubai to Pakistan. Well done.

However, there is this rumor floating now that the Jatoi family have forced Shahzeb Khan’s family to concede to a Deeat settlement for Shahzeb’s murder. They have forced them by threatening the lives of the two sisters of Shahzeb Khan.

I am sure you must be knowing this, yet I wish to bring to your attention that a Deeat settlement is not legally valid under pressure of any kind. And in the prevailing security environment of Pakistan, especially Karachi, Shahzeb Khan’s family may not be able to express the threat and black-mailing daggered at them by the Jatoi family for fear of it actually happening.

I also wish to remind you of an episode heard from the Islamic history, that once during the great Caliph Umar RA’s time, the Muslim nation faced a severe tide of famine. During this period, Syedna Umar RA suspended the stated Islamic punishment for theft, that is, to cut off the hand, in view of the dire circumstances and possible consequences.

I plea to the Supreme Court to take up these two points with renown, practical and trusted Islamic Jurisprudence Institutes, like Lal Masjid, Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband and/or Al-Azhar University, and call for the temporary suspension of the Islamic Deeat Law under the current circumstances of jungle’s rule and lawlessness and its consequent misuse. If this misuse is not checked immediately, it will set a very bad precedent for criminals with a rich background to kill at the drop of a hat and then ransom the much craved justice.

Sir, please, the nation is already bleeding with the freedom escorting of Raymond Davis by some of our authorities. The blood of Faizan, Faheem, Ubaid-ur-Rahman is still fresh in our hearts. Let not their deaths be in vain. Let not Shazeb Khan’s death be in vain. Please, block the misuse of the Deeat law. It is due unto us for the salvation of humanity.

"O men of understanding! There is security of life for you in the law of retaliation, so that you may learn self-restraint.” [The Holy Quran, (2) Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 179]

Please hang the culprits of Shahzeb Khan in public so that they may become an exemplary lesson for all the useless, hot bloods of our society.

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