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| JUI-F endorses Indian madrassa fatwa |
| 2008-06-05 |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday, endorsed a fatwa against terrorism decreed by Darul Uloom Deoband, a 150-year-old madrassa in neighbouring India. “We fully support the anti-terrorism fatwa issued by the madrassa. They declared the edict according to the existing circumstances,” said JUI-F NWFP President Senator Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan when Daily Times sought his comments on Wednesday. The Deoband madrassa issued the fatwa in a meeting in New Delhi on May 31, attended by thousands of clerics and students who vowed to root out terrorism from the society. One religious leader said Islam does not allow terrorism in any form. “Islam has come to wipe out all kinds of terrorism and to spread the message of global peace,” he said. Senator Naseeb said Deoband was an educational, religious and spiritual institution for them (JUI-F) and as such “we endorse its anti-terrorism fatwa.” Senator: However, Maulana Gul Naseeb said the JUI-F had issued an anti-terrorism fatwa long before the Deoband madrassa. He said the JUI-F had convened an ulema convention on April 17, 2007 in the city which issued a fatwa declaring suicide bombing and all kinds of terrorism were haraam in Islam and against the law of the land. |
| Posted by:Fred |