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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Ulema Strike Back: Will they succeed in making terrorists unacceptable to Muslim society?, War on Terror , NewAgeIslam.com

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The Ulema Strike Back: Will they succeed in making terrorists unacceptable to Muslim society?
By Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN

Suddenly, condemning the heinous acts of terrorists appears to be the in thing among Muslim religious leaders. On February 25, the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom at Deoband, held a massive rally where it denounced terrorism with the words: "The religion of Islam has come to wipe out all kinds of terrorism and to spread the message of global peace." The seminary followed this up with a fatwa against terrorism at the May 31 Delhi conclave, which was welcomed as historic and progressive-a change from the criticism the seminary has seen in the past for its controversial, regressive fatwas. Apart from the Delhi rally, the Jamiat has helmed rallies in Lucknow, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Surat which have also drawn crowds.

A day after the Delhi conclave the Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) convened an international seminar on terrorism at a five-star hotel in Delhi. Shutterbugs went crazy when the Dalai Lama, a speaker at the seminar, hit the stone steps of the Jama Masjid. The Tibetan spiritual leader flashed his famous childlike smile and also threw in a few homilies about Islam's message of peace.

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