Islam forbids killing, Pak-backed terrorists misuse religion: Owaisi

01-Jun-2025

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who is part of the Modi government's anti-terror all-party delegation to foreign countries, tore into Pakistan on May 31 for sponsoring terrorists, saying they were acting against the tenets of Islam by killing innocent people.

"Pakistan is the epicentre of Takfirism and there is no difference in ideology between the terrorist groups in Pakistan and Daesh and Al-Qaeda. They believe that they have a religious sanction, which is completely wrong. Islam does not allow the killing of any person, and unfortunately, that is their ideology," said Owaisi in Algeria.

He said that Islam has no place for 'Takfirism' or the 'Takfiri' ideology -- a concept in which fellow Muslims are declared kafirs, leading to their excommunication and often resulting in violence.

Saying that terrorism has emanated from Pakistan, Owaisi said, "They have patronised them (terrorists), trained them."

"Whether in Punjab or Kashmir, you have one common name --that is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism," he added.

Owaisi said Pakistan has been openly promoting UN-proscribed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The AIMIM MP highlighted that LeT is "ideologically close to Al-Qaeda" and also helped the terror group responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the US.