Aftermath of blasphemy case of Christian girl RimshaHead of the Pakistan religious scholars (clerics) council says suicide attack in Afghanistan, Palestine and Kashmir is permitted, and they boycotted Kabul-Islamabad religious scholars conference due to Afghanistan’s opposition to allow Taliban representatives in the summit.
Alama Tahir Ashrafi, chief of the Pakistan clerics council quoted by BBC persian said lack of a specific solution for the issue with the Afghan clerics – religious scholars is the other reason they boycotted the religious conference between the two nations.
Religious conference between Kabul and Islamabad was agreed between Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers during a summit around three months back.
The conference was due to be organized in 21 April this year to discuss the issue of suicide bombing and violence against the innocent civilians however it seems that the conference will not be organized after Pakistani religious scholars opposed with the conference.
Pakistani religious scholars chief said they have shared their conditions to attend the Islamic conference in capital Kabul and in response to a question to boycott the conference he said that Afghan religious scholars do not have specific program.
Mr. Ashrafi said Pakistani religious scholars insisted on five points in regards to the conference but their conditions including presence of Taliban representatives in the conference were altered by the Afghan religious scholars and therefore they prevented to attend the conference in Kabul.
In the meantime members of the Afghan clerics council said that such comments by Pakistani religious scholars are an excuse for not parcitipating in the conference in Kabul.
Afghan religious scholars also said that they have invited Taliban representatives to attend the conference.
Maulavi Shahid a spokesman for the Afghan religious clerics council told BBC, “The reasons told by Pakistani religious scholars for not attending the regional conference were not satisfactory, since it was not decided to issue a Fatwa against the Taliban in the conference.”
He said Pakistani officials agreed three times to organize the conference in Kabul and with Pakistani religious scholars boycotting the conference means that Pakistan is refusing the bilateral agreements between the two nation.
Alama Tahir Ashrafi, chief of the Pakistan clerics council quoted by BBC persian said lack of a specific solution for the issue with the Afghan clerics – religious scholars is the other reason they boycotted the religious conference between the two nations.
Religious conference between Kabul and Islamabad was agreed between Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers during a summit around three months back.
The conference was due to be organized in 21 April this year to discuss the issue of suicide bombing and violence against the innocent civilians however it seems that the conference will not be organized after Pakistani religious scholars opposed with the conference.
Pakistani religious scholars chief said they have shared their conditions to attend the Islamic conference in capital Kabul and in response to a question to boycott the conference he said that Afghan religious scholars do not have specific program.
Mr. Ashrafi said Pakistani religious scholars insisted on five points in regards to the conference but their conditions including presence of Taliban representatives in the conference were altered by the Afghan religious scholars and therefore they prevented to attend the conference in Kabul.
In the meantime members of the Afghan clerics council said that such comments by Pakistani religious scholars are an excuse for not parcitipating in the conference in Kabul.
Afghan religious scholars also said that they have invited Taliban representatives to attend the conference.
Maulavi Shahid a spokesman for the Afghan religious clerics council told BBC, “The reasons told by Pakistani religious scholars for not attending the regional conference were not satisfactory, since it was not decided to issue a Fatwa against the Taliban in the conference.”
He said Pakistani officials agreed three times to organize the conference in Kabul and with Pakistani religious scholars boycotting the conference means that Pakistan is refusing the bilateral agreements between the two nation.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), International Service
