{"id":490,"date":"2009-05-05T06:36:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T01:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mohamediqbalp.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/05\/indian-muslim-scholars-condemn-taliban-for-harassing-sikhs-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2009-05-05T06:36:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T01:06:18","slug":"indian-muslim-scholars-condemn-taliban-for-harassing-sikhs-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venusimportexport.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/05\/05\/indian-muslim-scholars-condemn-taliban-for-harassing-sikhs-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Muslim scholars condemn Taliban for harassing Sikhs in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2009-05\/03\/content_11304311.htm\">Indian Muslim scholars condemn Taliban for harassing Sikhs in Pakistan _English_Xinhua<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Indian Muslim scholars condemn Taliban for harassing Sikhs in Pakistan<br \/>www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-03 17:01:37 \t  \tPrint<\/p>\n<p>    NEW DELHI, May 3 (Xinhua) &#8212; Muslim scholars in India have condemned the harassment of Pakistani Sikhs by Taliban militants who imposed &#8220;jizya&#8221;, or religious tax, on the ethnic minority.<\/p>\n<p>    A joint statement issued by Islamic high scholars of India said Sunday such acts by the Taliban are more of extortion at the hands of a lawless group and does not hold any legality in Islamic Jurisprudence.<\/p>\n<p>    &#8220;We wish to make it clear that the imposition of the so-called &#8220;jizya&#8221; is nothing more than extortion by an armed and lawless gang, which does not constitute a sovereign government or state or even an organ thereof,&#8221; the Muslim scholars said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>    Taliban militants have reportedly demolished some 10 houses belonging to Sikhs in Pakistan after they refused to pay religious taxes (jizya) levied on them by the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>    &#8220;We condemn the kidnapping and extortion of huge amounts of money from their Sikh compatriots by Taliban in Pakistan,&#8221; said Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawaratas, in a telephonic interview to Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>    The religious scholars demand that the Pakistani authorities should take steps to retrieve the extorted sums and pay them back to the affected non-Muslim citizens, besides providing them due protection.<\/p>\n<p>    India Friday expressed concern about the harassment of the Sikhs by the Taliban in Pakistan and said that it has already raised the issue with Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>    Pakistan said Saturday it would protect all its citizens and asked India not to worry about the safety of Sikhs living in Pakistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=c50907c1-9825-89aa-8642-9e91cf4b4d7a\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Muslim scholars condemn Taliban for harassing Sikhs in Pakistan _English_Xinhua Indian Muslim scholars condemn Taliban for harassing Sikhs in Pakistanwww.chinaview.cn 2009-05-03 17:01:37 Print NEW DELHI, May 3 (Xinhua) &#8212; Muslim scholars in India have condemned the harassment of Pakistani Sikhs by Taliban militants who imposed &#8220;jizya&#8221;, or religious tax, on the ethnic minority. 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