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Islamic seminary of Barelvi sect on Thursday issued a 'fatwa' (edict) against Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed declaring him anti-Islamic.
The 'fatwa' was issued against the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief by Mufti Mohammed Saleem Barelvi, an Islamic seminary in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
It dubbed Saeed, founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba who carries a USD 10 million bounty on his head, as"outcast" from Islam and declared those following him or considering him as Muslim as"illegal".
A 'fatwa' is a legal pronouncement in Islam which is given by a mufti, a Muslim scholar of a recognised authority, who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law.
The ruling came close on the heels of Saeed asking Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif to send troops to Indian-administered Kashmir to"obey" the pending order of Pakistan founder M A Jinnah.
The 'fatwa' was issued by Manzar-e-Islam Saudagaran, an institution associated with Dargah Ala Hazrat, in a reply to a question asked by Mohd Moinuddin of Jaipur. It said Saeed has no connection with Islam.
In his 'fatwa', Mufti Saleem said that having any type of connection with persons working against the dignity of Allah and the Prophet was illegal and 'haraam', an act that is forbidden by Allah.
