Pakistani Muslim clerics declare suicide bombings un-Islamic

[PsychoDad]

For those who say we muslims never denounce such acts....

Pakistani Muslim clerics declare suicide bombings un-Islamic

KARACHI (AFP) - More than 50 senior Pakistani Muslim clerics have publicly declared that suicide bombings and attacks on ordinary citizens and places of worship are un-Islamic, a senior cleric said.

"The decree was issued against the killing of innocent people through bomb blasts or suicide bombing, which have killed thousands of people in Pakistan in the past few years," prominent Sunni cleric Muneebur Rehman told AFP on Wednesday.
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The decree has been signed by clerics of all the major Muslims sects including Sunni and Shiite, he added.
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"The killing of innocent people in public places in Iraq or in Israel or anywhere else is against Islamic teaching," he said.

More here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050519/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanreligionislam_050519035604

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Thank you for posting this

I know that American Sufis have been saying the same thing, but again, our voices aren't always heard.

[PsychoDad]

2. I think the problem is twofold

So often these condemnations are never reported. I'm a little suprised that Yahoo picked up on it. Secondly, all too often many only hear and/or read what they want too.

So the stories, when they do come out are glossed over or ignored.

But, the more this news gets out there the better.