LAHORE – Thirty scholars from the Sunni Ittehad Council have decreed a joint fatwa against attack on minorities, declaring that onslaught on life and property of Christians is against Islam.

According to a press statement on Sunday, the muftis said Islam protects lives and properties of minorities who are treated as equal citizens in an Islamic state.
The scholars said the Joseph Colony vandals went against the Islamic laws.
“Islam is a religion of peace and harmony and the Ulema are appealed to spread this message among the masses to promote tolerance,” they said, stressing that an Islamic state guards minorities and government compensate the damage in such incidents.
The muftis who decrees Fatwa are included; Mufti Muhammad Haseeb Qadri, Mufti Muhmmad Saeed Rizvi, Muhmmad Karim Khan, Allama Nawaz Bashir Jalali, Allama Pir Athar Qadri, Mufti Muhammad Iqbal Chishti, Mualana Muhammad Akbar Naqashbandi, Allama Bagh Ali Rizvi, Allama Syed Fida Hussain Shah Hafizabadi, Allama Syed Sabir Hussain Shah Gardezi, Allama Pir Ziaul Muftafa Haqani, Mualana Qari Mukhtar Ahmed Siddiqi, Mualana Muhammad Ali Naqashbandi, Allama Qari Faiz Bakhash Rizvi, Allama Qazi Muhammad Yaqub Rizvi, Allama Zulfiqar Mustafa Hashmi, Allama Muhammad Azam Naeemi, Allama Pir Syed Muhammad Shah Hamdani, Allama Muhammad Ashraf Gormani, Allama Faisal Azizi, Allama Hafiz Yaqub Fareedi, Allama Syed Khurram Riaz Shah, Mufti Fazal Jamil Rizvi, Allama Ammar Saeed Sulemani, Allama Manzoor Alam Sialvi, Allama Ziaul Qasmi Mashhadi, Allama Sufi Arshadul Qadri and Allama Pir Shamash-ud-Din Bokhari.