Minorities fast in Lucknow to protest against weekend blasts

“No religion condones the shedding of the blood of innocent citizens,” noted Shia scholar Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, who is also vice-president of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), said.

Rajendra Singh Bagga agreed with the Maulana, citing the tenets of Sikhism to support his view. Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimahali, AIMPLB member, said some “misguided people are linking religion to terrorism.”

Quoting from the Quran, he added that Islam has “nothing to do with terrorism” and the recent acts of terror “must be condemned by everyone in the strongest terms.”

The rector of Nadvatul Ulema and AIMPLB president, Maulana Rabey Hasni Nadvi, also criticised those behind the carnage. “The real motive of the terror is to create a deep rift between the majority and minority communities,” he said.