Muslim clerics meet: Terror on agenda

A group of Muslim clerics will hold a day-long meeting on Monday to discuss the issue of terrorism including alleged use of petrodollars in stoking it and ways to tackle the growing menace.
"While terror activities are on surge, members of several terror groups claim to be Sunnis. They are not. They are not related to us in anyway.
"Such people have brought infamy to Islam. We condemn them," All India Tanzeem Ulema-e-Islam (AITUI) president Mufti Mohammed Ashfaq Hussain Qadri told reporters here today.
AITUI is an umbrella body of groups representing Sufi Sunnis.
Qadri said that the AITUI conference aims to highlight alleged contribution of petro dollars in stroking terrorism globally.

The conference is expected to be attended by nearly 10,000 members attached to AITUI, he said.

Qadri expressed concerns over imparting of "extremist" content to children across madrassas and sought its removal to guide children on the right path.
He also questioned qualification of majority of Waqf Board members saying those who have not contributed "an inch of land" for community welfare are being appointed as chairman and members of the boards.
Joining the league of other Muslim bodies, the AITUI also demanded that Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia are declared "minority institutions" forever.