Lucknow, May 06: Muslim clerics and scholars have welcomed the capital punishment awarded to the Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Amir Kasab saying the court verdict has reiterated the faith of all countrymen in Indian judicial system.
“There could not have been any lesser punishment than capital sentence to Kasab who is responsible for the killing of scores of innocent people and it is the right decision”, Vice President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and noted Shia scholar Kalbe Sadiq told PTI.
“A person responsible for killing scores of people should be hanged many times and we think that the Mumbai court has done justice in the case”, Sadiq said adding it has sent a strong message that there would be no leniency to the guilty.
Niab Imam of the idgah and member of the Muslim Personal law Board Khalid Rasheed Firangimahli, while welcoming the punishment, said it would provide some solace to the families of those killed in the Mumbai attack.
“The punishment would also be a lesson to all those indulging in anti-India activities–that terrorists would be meted out the strictest of treatments by the country and would act as a deterrent”, Firangimahli said .
-PTI