New Delhi: Days after al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video announcing a terror wing in India, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has condemned the move saying that Islam is non-violent and Muslims will never buy terrorist propaganda.
"Indian Muslims would never be convinced by un-Islamic and false arguments of the al-Qaeda," Darul Uloom Deoband said. Several Muslim groups, too, have condemned the al-Qaeda's move.
In the 55-minute video posted online, Zawahiri has said that the outfit in the Indian subcontinent will focus on uniting Muslims living in Assam, Gujarat and Kashmir. He described the formation of "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" as a glad tiding for Muslims adding that it would rescue Muslims in the areas from injustice and oppression.
Zawahri also renewed a longstanding vow of loyalty to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in an apparent snub to the Islamic State armed group challenging al-Qaeda for leadership of transnational Islamist militancy.
The Intelligence Bureau has issued an alert in all states after the video.
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