26/11 mastermind 'condemns' suicide attacks

August 22, 2011 13:37

Also on Hafiz Saeed: The JuD chief has said today that the group was against suicide attacks and had no links with al Qaeda.

In an interview with a private TV channel, he said JD had nothing against the US or India and was in agreement with religious scholars who had issued edicts against suicide attacks.

"There is no room for terrorism in Islam and it is allowed neither against Muslims nor non-Muslims," he said. He regretted that the government had put him behind bars to please the Indian government. Read

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