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suicide attacks un-Islamic  PTI May 17, 2009, 09.33pm IST
ISLAMABAD: An influential group of Pakistani scholars and
religious leaders on Sunday declared suicide attacks and
beheadings as un-Islamic and called on people to unite for a
struggle against the militancy plaguing the country.  'Ulema'
(clerics) and 'mushaikh' (spiritual leaders) of the Jamaat Ahl-
e-Sunnah, who gathered here for a convention, declared suicide
attacks and beheadings as un-Islamic in a unanimous resolution.
They backed the military operation being conducted in Swat and
Malakand to flush out the Taliban and restore peace. They
described the operation as important, saying it was a war for
Pakistan's integrity and sovereignty.  The religious leaders
said the designs of elements engaged in creating a state within
a state should be frustrated.  In his address, Jamaat Ahl-e-
Sunnah president Sahibzada Fazal Karim said those trying to harm
the integrity of Pakistan should be dea