100 Pakistani Sunni clerics urge Taliban to surrender on Muharram month

ISLAMABAD (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - As many as 100 clerics from the Ulema Board of Sunni Tehrik on Friday urged the Taliban to surrender before law so that the sacred month of Muharram could be observed peacefully.In a joint statement, they said that Islamic laws forbid the massacre of innocent people.They also urged fellow religious scholars to avoid spreading hatred during Muharram, saying that scholars must promote harmony and massage of peace and love among the Muslims.The literature spreading hatred among various schools of thought should be destroyed, they said adding that terrorists involved in suicide blasts in mosques, imambargahs, churches, religious places, schools and hospitals cannot be called Muslims.Allama Ghafran Mehmood Sialvi, Mufti Abid Mubarik, Mufti Mubarak Ali Rizvi, Allama Mujahid Abdur Rasool Khan and others observed that some elements try to create a law and order situation during Muharram.  /129