Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law
Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law
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No it isn't. The right to privacy is protected in Shariah law. Either something nefarious is at play here, or the religious body was misled on what VPN is.
Sources for those not familiar with Shariah law, I actually studied it and was tested on it:
https://www.al-islam.org/islam-and-rights-privacy-territory-abbass-khajeh-piri/realm-privacy-islam
and this is from a Pakistani university:
It's the government's pet religious authority. They will produce any opinion that the government wants. Is there a name for these kind of scholars in Islamic history?
Yes in Arabic they are derogatorily called وعاظ السلاطين the sultans’ preachers.