The meeting of ulema, which was organised by Sunni Ulema Board here on Sunday, in its decree (fatwa) referred Verse No.33 of Surah-e- Almaidah of the Holy Quran, which says:"Crushing of the attempts to disrupt peaceful atmosphere in a Muslim state is jihad."
The decree said the nation was bound to support the ongoing operation in North Waziristan Agency and the people opposing the operation were rebels as per Islamic Shariah.
It added that the state had the right to deal rebels with an iron hand as militants had murdered hundreds of innocent people and targeted various schools, shrines, hospitals, and innocent people. Islam, it said, did not allow individual Jihad.
The decree was signed by Allama Ghufran Mehmood Sialvi, Mufti Mohammad Sharafuddin Siddiqui, Mufti Liaquat Ali Rizvi, Mufti Mohammad Usman Rizvi, Mufti Mohammad Hanif Attari, Mufti Mohammad Arif Chishti, Mufti Khateeb Ahmed Alazahri, Mufti Qari Saeed ur Rehman, Allma Pir Ghulam Mustafa Shakir,, Allama Abdul Latif Qadrim Allama Khalilur Rehman Qadri, Mufti Mohammad Farooq Chishti, Pir Syed Waseem ul Haq Naqvi Advocate, Sahibzada Khalid Mehmood Zia, Mufti Sultan Qadri, Allama Mujahid Abdul Rasool Khan, Mufti Mohammad Ayaz Ali Saeedi, Mufti Asif Saeed Qadri, Allama Nisar Ali Noori, Mufti Mohammad Shahbaz Ali, Mufti Mohammad Ahsan Naqeebi, Mufti Mohammad Saleem Qadri, Dr Mohammad Rizwan Ahmed Rizvi, Dr Ayaz Ahmed Naeemi, Allama MohammadShahid Mehmood Abbasi, Allama Riaz Ahmed Hazarvi and others. APP
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WE STAND UNITED BEHIND OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS OF GOD [PAK ARMY.]
@Laughables: ET: Please remove my previous comment. Thanks.
I thought only the State can declare jihad.
Are these "muftis" really qualified.
What a funny story "Fatwa declares Operation Zarb-e-Azb a jihad" this is only happens in Pakistan.
Naara-E-Takbeer Allah-Hu-Akbar. We are with Pak army.
@Anti_Secularism: so what if taliban brings a counter fatwa? from their muftis? shud army follow fatwas of muftis of their respective sects?
For applying this scenario, they need to proof that Pakistan is a true ISLAMIC state...
@roadkashehzada bcz it is an Islamic State more than just by name,accountable to Allah
The ulema should even read verse 5:51 and think about issuing a fatwa for being allies with US
why we bring fatwas and counter fatwas in simple rule of law? last month saudi mufti gave fatwa that jumping red light is unislamic, yesterday dubai mufti issued fatwa that infringement of intellectual property is unislamic. cant understand why cant we obey law because its a LAW
the sunni ulema (not the deobandis) have ALWAYS condemned the taliban
Great !!!! Its too late but at least a group of Ulema took a step forward.
Yes, when the militants had the upper hand, these Ulema declared these militants shaheed, and were ready to take the next step to convert Pakistan into a barbaric society. Now that the whole nation has given a verdict on these ulema, they now support the military. Speaks volumes of their credibility.