This youtubers even not a single time
tells the viewers that Judge son was free
under Islamic Shriah Law in Pakistan and
again he is referring stories to glorify Islam
yet the injustices done in the name of
Islamic Shriah in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
A stark comparison between two high-profile incidents in Pakistan, highlighting what appears to be a deep-seated inconsistency in how society, politicians, and religious figures approach justice, law, and Islamic Sharia. On one hand, there's the tragic case of a judge's son involved in a fatal accident that claimed the lives of two young women, resolved through a Sharia-based reconciliation mechanism. On the other, there's the case of a religious leader inciting violence by offering a reward for assassinating a chief justice, treated as a criminal conspiracy under anti-terrorism laws. The core issue here isn't just these events—it's the selective outrage and silence around Sharia's role in perpetuating injustices, while it's weaponized as a political tool to rally support.
Let's break this down step by step to expose the hypocrisy embedded in Pakistan's socio-political fabric.
Case 1: The Fatal Accident and Sharia's Reconciliation Provision
In early December 2025, Abu Zar, the son of an Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge, was involved in a road accident in Islamabad that resulted in the deaths of two young women riding a motorcycle. According to court records, the families of the victims pardoned the accused "in the name of Allah" without coercion, leading to his release on bail against a surety of Rs50,000.
This outcome was facilitated under Pakistan's Qisas and Diyat Ordinance, a component of Islamic Sharia law introduced during General Zia-ul-Haq's regime in the 1980s as part of the broader Islamization drive. Under this law, heirs of murder or manslaughter victims can forgive the perpetrator (through "sulh" or reconciliation) or accept compensation (diyat, or blood money), effectively bypassing harsher punishments like imprisonment or execution.
This mechanism, while rooted in Islamic principles of mercy and forgiveness, often disproportionately benefits the wealthy and influential.
In this instance, the judge's son walked free amid public outcry over elite impunity, but the criticism largely targeted the individuals involved—the judge, the accused, or the families—rather than the underlying law. Reports indicate the reconciliation was pressured by religious clerics (maulvis) and community leaders, echoing how Sharia provisions are invoked to shield the powerful from accountability.
Critics on social media and in editorials lamented the "settlement" as a miscarriage of justice, yet few dared to label the Sharia-based law itself as flawed or outdated. Why? Because questioning Sharia risks accusations of blasphemy or anti-Islamic sentiment in a society where religious identity is sacrosanct.
Case 2: Incitement to Assassinate and the Reward Offer
Contrast this with the case of Pir Zaheer-ul-Hassan Shah, Deputy Amir of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a extremist Islamist party.
In July 2024, during protests, Shah publicly announced a Rs10 million reward for anyone who would kill then-Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, whom TLP accused of being "anti-Islamic" due to rulings on blasphemy and minority rights.
This was swiftly condemned as hate speech and incitement to murder under Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act. By December 2025, an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, emphasizing the threat to judicial independence and public order. Here, the response was unequivocal: the state cracked down, portraying the act as a criminal conspiracy rather than a "religious edict" or fatwa.
In Islam there is no fatwa, even the Prophet was not allowed to give fatwa Sura Nissa Verse 127:وَيَسۡتَفۡتُوۡنَكَ فِى النِّسَآءِ ؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُفۡتِيۡكُمۡ (They asked you fatwa for women, tell them Allah will give you fatwa) or Nissa verse 176: يَسۡتَفۡتُوۡنَكَ ؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُفۡتِيۡكُمۡ (they asked for fatwa tell them Allah will give you fatwa) human can asked for fatwa but Allah as the only authority to give the fatwa. This is clearly evidence that present Islam created by theologians contradicting the Quran.
Opposition parties, government officials, and even religious groups distanced themselves, framing it as extremism rather than an extension of Sharia-inspired vigilantism.
Yet, this selective enforcement reveals a double standard—when Sharia elements like fatwas or reward offers align with populist religious fervour (e.g., in blasphemy cases), they're often tolerated or even celebrated. But when they underscoring how such threats are punished while Sharia's reconciliatory loopholes go unchallenged.
The Broader Hypocrisy: Sharia as a Political Slogan, Not a Just System
These cases aren't isolated; they expose a systemic hypocrisy in Pakistan's approach to Sharia. Politicians across the spectrum—whether pro-government like those in the PML-N or opposition figures from PTI, PPP, or religious parties like JUI-F and TLP—routinely invoke "Islamic Sharia" as a rallying cry to mobilize voters. They promise it will deliver "true justice," equality, and moral governance, exploiting religious sentiments to maintain power. Yet, when Sharia's provisions lead to evident injustices, like in honor killings, forced conversions, or elite settlements via diyat, the same voices fall silent or deflect blame to "mis-implementation" rather than the law itself.
Consider the data:
Elite Impunity Under Sharia: In cases involving the powerful, reconciliation is common. A 2023 analysis by human rights groups showed that over 70% of murder cases in Punjab involving affluent accused end in compromises, often under clerical pressure, leaving poorer victims' families with no recourse. But when the accused is from a minority or lower class, Sharia's harsher penalties (qisas) are enforced rigorously.
Political Exploitation: Parties like TLP, which demand full Sharia implementation, have incited violence over blasphemy but benefit from state patronage during elections. PTI's Imran Khan campaigned on "Naya Pakistan" with Islamic welfare rhetoric, yet his government rarely reformed Sharia laws that enable gender-based injustices or minority persecution. Opposition leaders criticize government corruption but avoid Sharia critiques, fearing backlash from mullahs who control voter blocs.
Social Media and Public Sentiment: On platforms like X (formerly Twitter), users decry specific injustices but rarely connect them to Sharia. For instance, posts lament the judge's son case as "class privilege," not Sharia's design flaw. Similarly, while TLP's actions are mocked as "extremism," broader discussions on how Sharia enables such fatwa culture are absent, with users instead calling for "true Islam" without scrutiny.
This hypocrisy stems from Pakistan's foundational identity as an "Islamic Republic," where Zia-ul-Haq's laws entrenched Sharia into the penal code to legitimize military rule. Today, it's a tool for fooling the masses: promise heavenly justice via Sharia to win votes, but ignore how it codifies inequalities—at Bagdad after 200 years academic speculation rather court cases where slave societeis norms were dominating factors rather the Quran and culture of Mecca and Medina where we see women's testimonies worth half, minorities vulnerable to blasphemy mobs, and the rich buying forgiveness for rich.
Law is science not faith and based on empirical evidence; law and justice relate to crimes environment and keep changing as the demand change. For example Quran 4:15/16 the law for adultery after 4 eye witness who had seen a married man's penis moving in and out with an other's man's wife vagina, the penalty was wife is not allowed to go out alone but reform by the Quran 24;2,4,6,8. Why because the holy text of subject to the demands of its local environment of its time and space.
Religious leaders (maulvis and pirs) are total ignorant of the science of law and justice using their using their mosques to promote the political interest of their sect to pressure settlements in private while preaching Sharia's perfection in public, all while politicians use Islam as a shield against reforms.
Exposing the Root: Religion as a Tool to Fool the Faithful
The ultimate irony? Pakistanis—opposition or pro-government—unite in defending Sharia's sanctity - the ideology of totalitarianism abroad (e.g., supporting Taliban-style totalitarian laws and politics of gun in an absolute form of dictatorship in Afghanistan) while selectively applying it at home to preserve power dynamics. They chant for "Nizam-e-Mustafa" (Prophet's system) in fact Prophet system of government was Misaq-e-Medina that was inclusive and constitutional yet they project this distortion in their rallies but tolerate a system where so-called Islamic Shariah is for sale to the rich. This isn't devotion; it's manipulation. By not pointing fingers at Sharia's flaws, society perpetuates a cycle where the poor suffer, the elite escape, and authoritarianism thrive on religious sloganeering. True justice demands accountability—not just for individuals, but for the laws enabling hypocrisy. Until Pakistan confronts this, slogans will continue fooling the faithful, and real reform will remain a mirage.
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