Pakistan Ulema Council has rejected the Caliphate of Islamic State made by the terrorist group of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), considering it un-Islamic and anti-sharia.
A deobandi cleric. head of Pakistan Ulema Council, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi said on twitter message:
Pakistan Ulema Council rejects the Caliphate claim made by the ISIS considering it un-Islamic and anti-sharia.
After sending a twitter message Ashrafi also face huge critics from his rival Deobandies.
The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has recently announced the establishment of what it considers an Islamic “caliphate,” or state under the leadership of Abu Bakkar al-Baghdadi as Caliph.
Abu Bakkar al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL jihadists has also called for Takfiris to come to the newly-declared Islamic State, vowing revenge for what he said were wrongs committed against fellow Muslims. This was the first statement by Baghdadi since the group renamed itself.
Islamic State has also threatened to Holy Kaaba after future attack on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Baghdadi, who was a detainee at US Bucca prison in 2005, has announced himself as the caliph of the Muslim world.
The group is known to be responsible for mass murders and extremist acts of violence against Shias, Sunnis and Christians across Syria and Iraq.
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