Chief of Defence Forces and Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir has said that no one could order jihad in an Islamic state other than the state itself.
The defence forces’ chief made this statement at the National Ulema Conference held in Islamabad on December 10. However, details of the Field Marshal’s address at the conference were scant thus far and clips of his speech from the event were broadcast on television today.
“No one can issue a fatwa for jihad without the order and permission and will of those vested with the authority,” he said during the conference.
The Field Marshal also stated that there were 57 Islamic countries in the world, and among them, “God gave us the honour of being the protectors of Haramain Sharifain (a reference to Makkah and Madina)”.
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