Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law

God would never use VPN, he has nothing to hide.

someone should point out to them that a vpn is the technological equivalent of the burqa.

either ban both, or allow both.

The Council of Islamic Ideology said the technology was being used in Pakistan to access content prohibited according to Islamic principles or forbidden by law, including “[...]websites that spread anarchy [...].”

So they admit it's not (only) about morals, but also (or mostly) about their position of power not being threatened.

BTW: By blocking access to the internet, they stop people from following the order in the Quoran which states that people should educate themselves.

Encryption is totally and completely haram

Really wish our species could evolve past this moronic, religious bullshit.

Pretty sure Mohammad didn't have strong opinions regarding internet privacy.

US Christians: "write that down!"

I'm really interested in reading the part of the Quran that forbids VPNs.

"It is not enough that Allah knows everything you do. We must also know."

"That sounds like blasphemy to me."

"Uh..."

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:

http://www.sbbu.edu.pk/actaislamica/vol 05 issue 01/Right to Privacy A Comparative Perspective in Law & Shariah.pdf

For context: this "religious body" is governmental.

In pakistan, military has gotten so powerful that they literally kidnap and torture you for being critical of them. And if you live outside pakistan they kidnap and torture your family members, demanding you to remove your posts.

And recently pakistani people have started to become more and more anti-military. So they are using VPNs to hide their identity to protect themselves.

This "religious body" is making it seem like this is to stop porn but in reality its about stopping people from being critical of military rule.

Edit: they banned twitter in february because people were organizing anti-military protests there. So the people started using VPNs and now they want to ban VPNs.

Religious nuts want to creep on your internet usage too.

"VPNs are haram but tor browser truly is the work of Allah himself"

Some guy, maybe.

Baqarah Ayat 18: No one shall use VPNs

Something something sneaking into other people’s houses is haram therefore VPN is haram?

Wonder how long until the USA has this

You know I am starting to think maybe this modern Islamic law is just not very good.

Anything is against religious law if you try hard enough.

Actually, you don't have to try that hard 🤷‍♂️

Thank the Biden administration for overthrowing Imran Khan in Pakistan to install this dictatorial regime.

Took em this long?

Aaaand the imaginary space daddy is used to restrict arbitrary right again.

cause he fucks everyone

Again, just describing my understanding of reality, sorry it triggered you.

Friendly reminder that VOA, aka Voice of America, is a subsidiary of the US Agency for Global Media. It was established to convince people in the Soviet sphere that the US was better in every way. It continues that mission with America's allies and enemies today.

The process of opening up a country's media space is integral to getting those State department messages in there.