Conference of ulema urged on terror war

Published September 25, 2008

ISLAMABAD, Sept 24: An eminent religious scholar urged the government on Wednesday to convene a conference of ulema representing all schools of thought to evolve a consensus on the “war on terror”.

Talking to a private television channel, Mufti Munibur Rehman recalled that a group of ulema had issued a decree in 2004 against suicide bombing and they still stood by it.

He said that Pakistan was the worst hit country as far as terrorism was concerned because the killers and the victims both were Pakistani and Muslim.—APP

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