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Council of Islamic Ideology

Council of Islamic Ideology (CII; Urdu: اِسلامی نظریاتی کونسل) 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.

The council has the following functions:

However, the Government can make a law before advice is furnished by the council. The council is also responsible for submitting an annual interim report, which is discussed in the Parliament and Provincial Assemblies within six months of its receipt. Recently, the council was strongly criticized in many traditionalist quarters for its recommendations on the procedure for khula. (See also Talaq (conflict)).

The council was originally known as the Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology. Its first nine members were:

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