01 June 2014

Pakistan clerics issue stoning death decree

A coalition of Pakistani religious leaders has issued a religious edict declaring 'honour killings' to be a "highly condemnable" and "un-Islamic" action.

The All Pakistani Ulema Council is also organising a summit on June 5, involving leaders from all sects, to discuss 'honour killings', following the murder of a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Farzana Parveen, outside Lahore High Court. [Al Jazeera English] Read more