'Fatwa against suicide bombing soon'

16 Oct, 2004

Minister of State for Religious Affairs Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain on Friday said Ulema belonging to various schools of thought will issue a Fatwa to declare suicide attacks as unIslamic.
Talking to a private TV network, the minister said during a meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf Ulema belonging to various schools of thought have decided to issue the joint Fatwa within few days.
He said it has also been decided that an initiative will be taken to ban literatures, which favour sectarianism, and strict action would also be taken against writers and publishers of such literature.

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