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No fatwa issued regarding Guj victims: Darul Uloom

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Posted online: Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 1800 hrs IST

Muzaffarnagar, February 28:
Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband denied that it has issued any fatwa (edict) saying Muslims who were killed in the Gujarat riots should be treated as martyrs under Shariat law.

The incharge of the fatwa department Mufti Habibur Rehman said that reports in a section of the press saying Gujarat victims should be treated as martyrs were ‘incorrect’.

The seminary has not issued any fatwa regarding the victims of the Gujarat riots, he said.

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No fatwa issued regarding Guj victims: Darul Uloom Agencies Posted online: Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 1800 hrs IST Muzaffarnagar, February 28: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband denied that it has issued any fatwa (edict) saying Muslims who were killed in the Gujarat riots should be treated as martyrs under Shariat law. The incharge of the fatwa department Mufti Habibur Rehman said that reports in a section of the press saying Gujarat victims should be treated as martyrs were ‘incorrect’. The seminary has not issued any fatwa regarding the victims of the Gujarat riots, he said.