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A Jehad is not terrorism
Posted: Jun 01, 2008 at 2219 hrs IST
New Delhi, May 31 In A dramatic setting of overcast clouds and billowing dust winds, over three lakh Muslims from all over India descended at the Ram Lila Grounds for the Global Peace Conference on Saturday.
Clerics from every state came together for the conference and issued a fatwa against terrorism. The fatwa follows a declaration by Jamait-ul-Hind President Qari Usman denouncing terrorism at the Deoband seminary on February 25.
Representatives of Shia and Sunni sects Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind were present at the rally.
It is proved from clear guidelines provided in the Holy Quran that allegation of terrorism against a religion like Islam, which preaches world peace, is nothing but a lie, the fatwa reads.
Maulana Qari Sayeed Mohammad Usman, president of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, while reading out the fatwa, said, At present, there is a propaganda to equate Jehad with terrorism. Jehad is basically for establishment of peace, which is a fundamental right of human beings. Terrorism, meanwhile, is the gravest crime as held by Quran and Islam.
And, it was not just the clerics. Even the laity, cutting across economic classes, reached the Ram Lila Grounds: some as early as yesterday. People started walking towards the ground from 3 pm; several had been camping since early morning.
Every time there is any sort of unrest after a bomb blast, Muslims are blamed even without an investigation. Mohammad Iliyas was picked from Bharatpur mosque without any proof of his involvement in the Jaipur bomb blasts, said Irfan Mohammad, a driver who reached the grounds from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
People came not just from North India, but also from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The local mosques had announced about the Global Peace Conference a fortnight back. In Delhi, the announcement was made on May 10 at the Jama Masjid.
Our Ulema told us about the conference. A days income is nothing in front of din. We had to prove that Deoband does not produces terrorists and not everyone with a beard is a bomb maker, said Rafi Mohammad, who came from Alwar in Rajasthan.
Posted: Jun 01, 2008 at 2219 hrs IST
New Delhi, May 31 In A dramatic setting of overcast clouds and billowing dust winds, over three lakh Muslims from all over India descended at the Ram Lila Grounds for the Global Peace Conference on Saturday.
Clerics from every state came together for the conference and issued a fatwa against terrorism. The fatwa follows a declaration by Jamait-ul-Hind President Qari Usman denouncing terrorism at the Deoband seminary on February 25.
Representatives of Shia and Sunni sects Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind were present at the rally.
It is proved from clear guidelines provided in the Holy Quran that allegation of terrorism against a religion like Islam, which preaches world peace, is nothing but a lie, the fatwa reads.
Maulana Qari Sayeed Mohammad Usman, president of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, while reading out the fatwa, said, At present, there is a propaganda to equate Jehad with terrorism. Jehad is basically for establishment of peace, which is a fundamental right of human beings. Terrorism, meanwhile, is the gravest crime as held by Quran and Islam.
And, it was not just the clerics. Even the laity, cutting across economic classes, reached the Ram Lila Grounds: some as early as yesterday. People started walking towards the ground from 3 pm; several had been camping since early morning.
Every time there is any sort of unrest after a bomb blast, Muslims are blamed even without an investigation. Mohammad Iliyas was picked from Bharatpur mosque without any proof of his involvement in the Jaipur bomb blasts, said Irfan Mohammad, a driver who reached the grounds from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
People came not just from North India, but also from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The local mosques had announced about the Global Peace Conference a fortnight back. In Delhi, the announcement was made on May 10 at the Jama Masjid.
Our Ulema told us about the conference. A days income is nothing in front of din. We had to prove that Deoband does not produces terrorists and not everyone with a beard is a bomb maker, said Rafi Mohammad, who came from Alwar in Rajasthan.