The religious scholars from different Muslim countries have unanimously denounced all forms of terrorism, religious extremism and sectarian violence, vowing to shun differences and strive for peace.
The clerics have in a joint declaration issued after the Message of Islam Conference held in Islamabad called for guiding and educating youth against terrorism, extremism and sectarianism and declared military, ideological and intellectual alliance to be the panacea to all ills," the Dawn reports.
They said that the prevailing tension between Iran and the Arab countries was dangerous for the entire Muslim world.
The Islam Conference termed 'anti-Islam and anti-Muslim' all militant outfits involved in killing innocent people and blamed them for weakening the Islamic countries by using the name of Islam and jihad.
