PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL COEXISTENCE IN AN ISLAMIC STATE

Fundamental principles of an Islamic State compiled and endorsed unanimously by eminent Islamic scholars of all schools of thoughts, ethnic groups and communities including Sunni, Shia and Ahl-E-Hadis of undivided Pakistan in 1951.

All Pakistan multiparty conference of Islamic scholars was convened under the chairmanship of Late Hazrat Maulana Syed Sulaiman Nadvi r.a. from 21 to 24 January 1951 corresponding 12 to 15 Rabius-Sani Hijrah in Karachi, Pakistan.  The 22 fundamental principles of Islamic governance adopted unanimously at the conference were published for the information and benefit of the general population.

09.    Universally recognized Muslim communities will have the unrestricted freedom and liberty to lead their lives within the jurisdiction of the legal system of their respective schools of thoughts. All Muslim communalities will have the right to impart Islamic education to their followers according to their respective schools of thoughts. They will possess the rights to propagate their religious ideologies. They will enjoy the fullest rights to conduct the judicial proceedings by their own judges according to the laws of their schools of thoughts on their individual and social problems.

10.    The non-Muslim citizens of the Islamic state will enjoy the fullest rights to observe their religious rituals, perform cultural activities, pursue religious education, organize social events and functions. They will also have the rights to avail of the judicial proceedings on their individual and social issues according to their religious laws and customs.

Following eminent Islamic scholars and dignitaries unanimously adopted the resolutions:

1.                Hazrat Maulana Syed Solaiman Nadvi – Chair

2.                Maulana Syed Abu A’ala Maudidi, President of Jamaat-E-Islami, Pakistan.

3.                Hazrat Maulana Shamsul Afghani – Minister, Kalat State

4.                Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Badre Alam – Teacher of Hadith, Darul Uloom Islamiah, Ashrafabad, Tashullah Iar, Sindh, Pakistan

5.                Hazrat Maulana Ihteshamul Hoque – Principal, Darul Uloom Islamiah, Ashrafabad, Sindh, Palistan

6.                Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Abdul Hamed Quadri Badayuni, President – Jamiatul Ulama Pakistan, Sindh

7.                Hazrat Maulana Mufti Mohammad Shafi Saheb, Counsellor, Talimat-E-Islam Board, (Pakistan General Assembly)

8.                Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Idrees Saheb, Shayekhul Jamiah Abbasiah, Bhawalpur, Pakistan

9.                Hazrat Maulana Kahair Mohammad Saheb, Principal, Madrashah Khairul Madaris, Multan City, Pakistan

10.           Hazrat Maulana Mufti Mohammad Hasan Saheb, Principal, Madrashah Ashrafiah, Neela Gombad, Lahore, Pakistan

11.           Hazrat Maulana Ameenul Hashnat, Peer Saheb, Manki Shareef, South West Frontier Province, Pakistan

12.           Hazrat Maulana Yousuf Binnuri, Shayekhut-Tafseer, Darul Uloom Islamiah, Ashrafabad, Sindh, Pakistan

13.           Hazrat Hazi Khademul Islam Mohammad Ameer, Khalifah, Hazi Tarangajai, Mojahedabad, Peshwar, South West Frontier Province, Pakistan

14.           Hazrat Quazi Abdus-Samad Sharbazi, Quazi of Kalaat, Beluchistan, Pakistan

15.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Atahar Ali Saheb, President, Jamiate Ulamae Islam, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

16.           Hazrat Maulana Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh, Ameer-E-Jamaat, Hizbullah, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

17.           Hazrat Maulana Raghb Ahsan, Vice President, Jamiate Ulamae Islam, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

18.           Hazrat Maulana Habibur Rahman, Vice President, Jamiatul Madareseen, Sharshina, East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

19.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ali Jalandhari, Mazlis-E-Ahrar-E-Islam, Pakistan

20.           Hazrat Maulana Daud Gaznavi, President, Jamiat-E-Ahl-E-Hadis, West Pakistan

21.           Mufti Zafar Hossain, Shiah Mujtaheed, Member, Talimat-E-Islam Board, Pakistan General Assembly

22.           Mufti & Mujtaheed Hafez Kefayet Hossain, Shia Institution, Lahore, Pakistan

23.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Islam Saheb, Secretary, Jamiat-E-Ahl-E-Hadis, Gujranwala, Pakistan

24.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Habibullah, Jamiah-E-Deeniah, Darul Huda, Terhi, Khairpur, Meer, Pakistan

25.           Hazrat Maulana Ahmed Ali, Ameer, Anjuman-E-Khuddamuddin, Shiranwala Darwaja, Lahore, Pakistan

26.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Sadeque, Principal, Mazharul Uloom Madrashah, Khaddha, Karachi, Pakistan

27.           Professor Abdul Khaleque, Member, Talimat-E-Islam Board, Pakistan General Assembly

28.           Hazrat Maulana Shamsul Hoque Faridpuri, Jinjira Jame Mosque, Dhaka

29.           Mufti Muhammad Sahebdad, Sindh Madrashatul Islam, Karachi, Pakistan

30.           Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Zafar Ahmed Ansari, Secretary, Talimat-E-Islam Board, Pakistan General Assembly

31.           Hazrat Peer Saheb Muhammad Hashem Muzaddedi, Tando, Sayendad, Sindh, Pakistan