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All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board condemns Uri attack, calls it 'most obnoxious attack on Indian Army'

The Board also slammed JeM and said that "India must end the agenda of replacing Sufism with Wahabism".

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The All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board condemned the Uri attack on Monday, calling it "deplorable" and "the most obnoxious attack on the Indian Army."

At least 18 soldiers lost their lives and over 20 others were injured during the terror strike on an army camp close to the headquarters of the 12th Brigade at Uri in Baramulla district on Sunday.

In a statement on the incident, Syed Muhammad Ashraf Kichchawchchvi, Founder and President of the Board, said that the terror attack "rings an alarming bell to warn of the great trouble and the need for action." 

The board said that Wahhabism detrimental to the internal security of the nation and the people. It noted that the attack took place in "the valley of Jammu and Kashmir which is in the acute grip of the Wahhabi ideology being replaced by eliminating the peaceful, pluralistic Rishi-Sufi tradition."

Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh had earlier said that the four terrorists, who attacked the military base in Uri, belonged to Pakistan's banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

Slamming the JeM, the Board said, "We condemn, in the harshest words, the terrorist organisation, Jaesh-e-Mohammed (JeM), conceived and led by Maulana Masood Azhar who champions the violent extremism stemming from the Wahhabism in Pakistan." They called out Azhar for indoctrinating the youth in Pakistan since the time he was released by India in a swap for passengers on board the hijacked Indian Airlines aircraft in December 1999.

"We also appeal to the government of India that the perpetrators of the crime be brought to justice and the internal security, stability, army and the people of Kashmir are safeguarded from any further loss. It should be the priority of the ongoing operation in Kashmir.  At the same time, India must end the agenda of replacing Sufism with Wahabism, while resolving the Kashmir unrest," the Board added.

Reports say that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will strongly emphasise on Pakistan's involvement in the attack in her UNGA speech on September 26.

India has reacted strongly to the deadliest attack on the Army in a quarter-century-old insurgency that sparked an outrage, with the Prime Minister strongly condemning it. 

India is reportedly planning to hand over to Pakistan evidence of the four terrorists using Pakistani-marked weapons, food, energy drinks and GPS trackers which they carried to enter Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control.

Indications in this regard came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a nearly two-hour meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, NSA Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag and other top officials to discuss India's response.

Top brass of the government is convinced that India has to launch a calibrated, multi-layered and strategic response and expose Pakistan in international forums like the UN, whose General Assembly is in session, official sources said.

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