Ulema reject Taliban sharia, back operation
Monday, May 18, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan
Monday, May 18, 2009
* Ulema convention declares suicide attacks and beheadings haram
By Mahtab Bashir
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Sunni scholars on Sunday rejected the Taliban brand of sharia and fully endorsed the ongoing military operation in Swat and other areas of the country.
A convention organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) Fazal Karim Group at the Convention Centre unanimously adopted a nine-point resolution, rejecting the Taliban’s version of sharia and beheading of people in Malakand and fully backing the ongoing military operation.
The resolution demanded an end to the assassinations of clerics, adding shrines should be cleared of terrorists. It said the pro-US foreign policy must be discarded. The resolution said all provinces should be granted sovereignty as per the 1973 constitution.
The resolution also condemned the ostentatious ways of the country’s elite and declared suicide attacks and beheading haram
Monday, May 18, 2009
* Ulema convention declares suicide attacks and beheadings haram
By Mahtab Bashir
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Sunni scholars on Sunday rejected the Taliban brand of sharia and fully endorsed the ongoing military operation in Swat and other areas of the country.
A convention organised by Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) Fazal Karim Group at the Convention Centre unanimously adopted a nine-point resolution, rejecting the Taliban’s version of sharia and beheading of people in Malakand and fully backing the ongoing military operation.
The resolution demanded an end to the assassinations of clerics, adding shrines should be cleared of terrorists. It said the pro-US foreign policy must be discarded. The resolution said all provinces should be granted sovereignty as per the 1973 constitution.
The resolution also condemned the ostentatious ways of the country’s elite and declared suicide attacks and beheading haram
Labels: Islamist Parties, Militants, Pakistan Army Operation, Swat Operation, Taliban, Terrorism, Ulema
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