Jamaat-i-Islami demands public hanging of rapists, terms castration ‘unIslamic, against Sharia’

One of the bills passed by the joint session of parliament on Wednesday included that of the “chemical castration” of rapists.

According to the bill, “chemical castration is a process duly notified by rules framed by the prime minister, whereby a person is rendered incapable of performing sexual intercourse for any period of his life, as may be determined by the court through administration of drugs which shall be conducted through a notified medial board”.

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Senator Mushtaq Ahmed protested over the bill and termed it unIslamic and against Sharia. He said a rapist should be hanged publicly, but there was no mention of castration in the Sharia, reports Dawn.