CAIRO, June 5, 2018 (MENA) - Egypt has strongly denounced the Daesh suicide bombing that targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top preachers on Monday in Kabul, killing at least 14 people and injuring 20 others. A statement released by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy recovery to the injured. The statement asserted the support of Egypt's government and people for the government and people of Afghanistan in facing terror which acts against security and stability. Less than an hour before the attack Ghofranullah Murad, a member of the Afghan Ulema Council, read out a written statement from the gathering saying that innocent Afghan men, women and children are the true victims of war. "The ongoing war in Afghanistan is illegal and has no root in Sharia (Islamic) law," the statement said. "It is illegal according to Islamic laws and it does nothing but shed the blood of Muslims." "We the religious Ulema call on the Taliban to respond positively to the peace offer of the Afghan government in order to prevent further bloodshed in the country," it added. The fatwa also said that killing people by any means - such as bombs and suicide attacks - as well as violent acts, including robbery and kidnapping, count as sins in Islam.
