Book on child rights in Islam launched

Islamabad :A book of International Islamic University Vice President Dr. Muhammad Munir on 'Rights of the Child in Islam' launched here during a three-day conference.

The event organised by the university’s Shariah Academy was attended by judges, journalists, lawyers, religious scholars and intellectuals from Pakistan and abroad. Speaking at the book launching ceremony, renowned scholars and experts in their book reviews termed the book as ‘magna carta’ of the child rights. They said the author has addressed comprehensively state practices, classical gaps, while adoption of Child and Islamic rule, they said, is a must read part to have appropriate knowledge about Islamic rules in this regard.

Those spoke in the book launching ceremony included Justice Khurshid Iqbal, DG Judicial Academy Peshawar, Dr. Farkhanda Zia, Director Female Campus, IIU, Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed, Head Department of Law and Dr. Husn ul Amin, Director General, Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue. Dr. Munir shared his thoughts and stages of his book and thanked the reviewers and participants of the ceremony for sparing time.