SIC Ulema urge Taliban to renounce violence

LAHORE: Ulema belonging to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) have appealed to the Pakistani Taliban to give up arms and renounce violence as such acts were vilifying Islam.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, the Ulema said that such acts of violence by the militants were causing destruction to the country.

They said that Taliban should be aware that they were massacring creatures of God. They said that the Taliban should follow path of peace and give up arms.