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Old 01-06-2017, 11:45 AM #40
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Originally Posted by Niamh. View Post
yeah tbf the article doesn't even mention what religion that council were, I googled that word for the council and it's not specific to Islam, it could also be Hindu so presumably it's more about tribal "justice" rather than religious and clearly the law of the land don't agree with it
The state religion in Pakistan is Islam where it is practised by 95 to 98% of the people of the nation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Pakistan
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