Honourable
Justice
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Dr. Tanzil-ur-Rahman,
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
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, (born 1928) is a prominent
Pakistani jurist and
scholar
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of
Islamic studies
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. He was the
Chief Justice of the
Federal Shariat Court
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(1990–92),
member of the Islamic Research Council and the
Council of Islamic Ideology
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII; ( ur, ) is a constitutional body of Pakistan, responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government and the Parliament.
This body was founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan.
Funct ...
(1980–84). He is the author of numerous books on the codification of Islamic law.
He has been called an "enthusiastic and skillful champion" of advancing the cause of "Islamic reform" of Pakistani law, i.e. interpreting the Pakistani constitution and law to implement
Sharia law in Pakistan.
Life and education
Justice Tanzil-ur-Rahman was born on 16 June 1928 at Nagina, District Bijnor, U.P. India. In 1948, he graduated from Agra University and migrated to Pakistan. He completed his M.A. (1952), LL.B. (1954), and PhD in Islamic Law (1971) from Karachi University. He was awarded Tamgah-i-Imtiaz in 1971 by the Government of Pakistan for his contribution to Islamic Law.
Bibliography
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Muslim family laws ordinance: Islamic & social survey'', (1997)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Objectives resolution and its impact on Pakistan constitution and law'', (1996)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''The judgment that could not be delivered: in re, international loan agreements under Shari’at'', (1994)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Jurm o sazā kā Islāmī falsafah'', (1982)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Islāmī qavānīn: ḥudūd, qiṣāṣ, diyat va taʻzīrāt'', (1980)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Islāmī niẓām-i adālat'', (1978)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''A code of Muslim personal law'', (1978)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Islamization of Pakistan law: surveying from Islamic point of view'', (1978)
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''Majmūʻah-yi qavānīn Islām''
Tanzil-ur-Rahman, ''QULIYAT-E-SHARIYAT''
See also
*
Chief Justices of the Federal Shariat Court
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1928 births
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