Naran cleric launches anti-extremism campaign
Source:centralasiaonine
NARAN – Tourists are welcoming the anti-terrorism message that local religious leaders, such as Maulvi Said Aalam, are spreading in resort towns.
“Spreading terror and hatred is no service to Islam, which teaches brotherhood, humility and tolerance,” Aalam told a Friday-prayer gathering of more than 5,000 worshippers in Naran, which attracts many tourists.
“Islam is a religion of nature and ... (says) to murder one man is to murder humanity,” the influential prayer leader said. “If Islam means peace, then how it can allow violence?”
Such addresses from influential religious leaders, “are very encouraging where people from different regions and from every walk of life come to relax,” M. Zaki Mazhar, a security department employee at the UN’s Lahore office, told Central Asia Online.
“In our society, clerics are very influential and can guide people ... against violence and hatred,” Aftab Afridi, a tourist and student from Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, said.
NARAN – Tourists are welcoming the anti-terrorism message that local religious leaders, such as Maulvi Said Aalam, are spreading in resort towns.
“Spreading terror and hatred is no service to Islam, which teaches brotherhood, humility and tolerance,” Aalam told a Friday-prayer gathering of more than 5,000 worshippers in Naran, which attracts many tourists.
“Islam is a religion of nature and ... (says) to murder one man is to murder humanity,” the influential prayer leader said. “If Islam means peace, then how it can allow violence?”
Such addresses from influential religious leaders, “are very encouraging where people from different regions and from every walk of life come to relax,” M. Zaki Mazhar, a security department employee at the UN’s Lahore office, told Central Asia Online.
“In our society, clerics are very influential and can guide people ... against violence and hatred,” Aftab Afridi, a tourist and student from Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, said.
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