Srinagar: Islamic scholars in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday called upon Saudi Arabia to reconsider its decision to ban the Tablighi Jamaat.
Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir, an organisation of Islamic scholars, at a meeting held here passed a resolution in which the west Asian kingdom was asked to reconsider its decision.
Saudi Arabia on December 6 banned the Tablighi Jamaat by calling it a "danger to society and one of the gates of terrorism".
"As per the resolution presented at the meeting, serious concern was expressed over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ban on a purely religious and Da'wah organisation Tableeghi Jamaat; and the government of Saudi Arabia was called upon to reconsider its decision," tha MMU said in a statement.
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