Close to 1000 clerics, Imams demand action against JuD chief Hafiz Saeed

Around 1,000 Indian Muslim clerics and imams have urged United Nations to take action against 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his anti-India activities. The resolution was passed against Saeed at a gathering at Madrassa Darul Uloom Ali Hasan Ahle Sunnat in Mumbai. It also urged to denounce JuD, along with several other Pakistan-based terror outfits.

The resolution was sent to Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, chair of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee at the Security Council, with a copy marked to the Prime Minister's Office.

According to Mumbai-based Islamic Defense Cyber Cell head Dr Abdur Rahman Anjaria who introduced this resolution said,''Hafiz Saeed and the terror outfits he heads are threats to global peace. He calls India enemy number one but he is the enemy of Islam and humanity.''

When asked the reason behind passing the resolution, Maulana Mohammed Hashim Ashrafi, patron of Madrassa Darul Uloom Ali Hasan Ahle Sunnat, said Indian clerics were "morally bound to oppose those who kill or support the killing of innocents in the name of Islam".

The 13-page resolution also speaks about Kashmir which is an internal issue of India and that no third party should interfere in it. Earlier in 2015, Anjaria had also sought the fatwa against terror outfit Islamic State which was signed by over 1000 Muslim clerics and imams.

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