MULTAN: Wafaq ul Madaris called on the religious leadership to sit together and organize themselves from scratch, vowing that the ulema will always play their part in promoting the role of religion on society and defeating efforts to stoke sectarianism in the country.
The coronavirus pandemic has been used to stoke sectarian tensions and provoke people, said a joint press release from the Wafaq ul Madaris Al Arabia Pakistan on Wednesday.
The ulema said that the behaviour exhibited by government officials and representatives as well as the targeting of the religious leadership was condemnable.
“Coronavirus was used to stoke sectarian tensions and provocations,” read the press release, giving credit to the country’s religious leadership for its efforts to make those efforts in vain.
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