Daily Times

JEDDAH: Lauding the decision to hold the Islamic Summit Session in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Tahir Ashrafi on Sunday hoped that the event will prove to be a “good omen” to resolve confronting challenges of the Muslim world.

Talking to visiting delegates, clerics and scholars of various Islamic countries, he also urged the Iranian leadership to come forward on this historic occasion to settle differences with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ashrafi said that Islam is a religion of peace, security and stability and elements associating terrorism and extremism with Islam are enemies of Islam and Muslims. On pattern of ‘Islamic Military Alliance’, Muslims should get unite to constitute a ‘Islamic Ideological Alliance’ to contain the menace of terrorism, extremism and sectarian violence from the Muslim world, said Ashrafi, adding that the Pakistan Ulema Council has been in constant coordination with leadership of Muslim countries to constitute this ideological alliance. Muslims should also demonstrate unity to contain menaces like Daesh and other terrorist outfits. Denouncing terrorists attack at Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Ashrafi said that religious organisations of Pakistan were carrying out positive struggle for unity and solidarity of the country and to defeat terrorists and extremists from Pakistan. Terrorism and extremism should not be associated with any particular religion and across the board action should be taken against extremist and terrorists mindsets, concluded the PUC chairman.