Islam forbids suicide attacks, terror anywhere: Pakistani fatwa

KABUL that was recently issued by Pakistani scholars against suicide attacks and civilian killings.

On Tuesday, Afghanistan Qiamuddin Kashif slammed the fatwa called for not declaring suicide attacks un-Islamic for all Muslims including Afghanistan.

In Kabul, the Pakistan embassy faulted Kashif’s statement and said the ruling clearly states on page 30: “These days, extremists are conducting suicide attacks on innocent people and against the general public.”

In accordance with the teachings of Islam, the fatwa adds, these acts amount to dual crime -- suicide and killing of innocent people. “Suicide is prohibited (haram) in Islam.”

Page 66 of the ruling says: “We -- the scholars representing all schools of thought -- unanimously declare that suicide attacks are forbidden in light of Qur’an and Sunnah.”

A statement from the embassy said the purpose of the fatwa was to project a message from religious scholars against violence and terrorism anywhere in the name of Islamic injunctions.

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