VPNs ‘unIslamic’ if used against national security; CII chief

The chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Allama Dr. Raghib Naeemi, stated on Monday that character assassination and utterances “against national security” were two examples of “unIslamic” uses of virtual private networks (VPNs).
The CII, which counsels parliament on bringing laws into line with Islamic principles, declared in a proclamation on Friday that it was against Sharia law to use VPNs for “immoral or illegal activities” or to access “illegal content or blocked websites.”
The chairman of the CII had argued in the statement that Islamic law gave the government the authority to stop acts that cause the “spread of evil.”

Speaking to media today, Dr Naeemi said: “Whether it is a registered VPN or unregistered, if attempts are made to access indecent or immoral sites, character assassination is done, statements are being made against national security, or if various incidents of religious blasphemy are being spread through it, then [using] it would completely be unIslamic.