Ahlul Bayt News Agency, The International Union of Islamic Scholars has urged Muslims to react peacefully to the planned burning of copies of the Holy Quran by a small church in the US on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on Saturday.
The head of the Union, Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi, in a statement yesterday called on fellow Muslims to protest in a peaceful manner and seek legal recourse against the group. "The man who has given the deplorable call and his group must be prosecuted," said Dr Qaradawi. "The call is against the teachings of Christianity."
The Doha Centre for Interfaith Dialogue has also condemned the call and said it reflected extremism and ignorance and ran contrary to the basic tenets of Christianity. "Christianity preaches peace and peaceful coexistence," said Dr Ibrahim Al Nuaimi, the centre's chairman.
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