Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Eminent scholar Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani on Monday issued a decree that any armed activity against the state of Pakistan was a “rebellion,” which was “haram” and proscribed according to Islamic law.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), whose fighters were fighting against the Pakistan security forces and were involved in anti-state activities, were “rebels”, Mufti Taqi Usmani said while virtually addressing the Paigham-e-Pakistan National Conference on ‘Countering Violent Radicalism, Extremism, and Hate Speech, organized by the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) here at its Faisal Masjid Campus.
Mufti Taqi Usmani and other ulemas unanimously adopt decree
The decree (Fatwa) was also unanimously adopted by the Ulema and Mashaykh of all schools of thought present at the conference.
Mufti Taqi Usmani said during his meetings with the Taliban leadership in Kabul while heading a delegation, the Afghan Taliban also expressed their resentment against the TTP militants who were carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan.
“Fighting against national security agencies and carrying out anti-state activities come under mutiny, and it has nothing to do with Jihad,” he added.
