The religious scholars from every ‘maktab e fikar’ can play a very important role in mitigating the unrest created by the TLP goons. Those who have resorted to violence must be dealt with an iron hand but it's important to address the mindset. And only Ulema can do that.

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TLP has mutated minds of a sizeable lot with bigotry and fanatism. Scholars like Mufti Taqi Usmani and Dr Tahir ul Qadri were ‘unsung heroes’ in Pakistan's war against terror. Sheikh Essa who was Al Qaeda's ideologue and the brainchild behind TTP met Dr Israr Ahmed...

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Qazi Hussain Ahmed back in 2004. He called for ‘Takfeer’ on the Pakistan military. His offer was rejected. But Maulana Abdul Aziz who was a cleric in Lal Masjid issued a Fatwa on behest of Sheikh Essa in which he concluded that soldiers of Pak army who lost their lives in...

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... operations against Al Qaeda do not merit a Muslim funeral. His decree was challenged by none other than his own spiritual leader; Mufti Taqi Usmani who came all the way from Karachi before Lal Masjid operation in 2007. Though his efforts went in vain.

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Dr Tahir ul Qadri issued a 600-page decree on ‘Terrorism and Suicide Bombing’ back in 2010.

Today when TLP goons are targeting innocent people in the name of Islam, it's time for ulema to wake up from slumber. After all, they call themselves as harbinger of peace in society.