Bhopal, May 9 -- As India's tensions with Pakistan intensify, the Madhya Pradesh chapter of the All India Ulema Board has called for special prayers across the state on Friday.
In a statement released in the state capital, Board President Qazi Syed Anas Ali urged mosque committees and Imams throughout Madhya Pradesh to lead collective prayers for India's victory and Pakistan's defeat after the weekly sermons. The call follows a Pakistan-sponsored attack on innocent civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Following the cowardly attack in Pahalgam, a war has now begun," the letter reads. "This is the time we should pray for India's success and the enemy's downfall from our mosques." The statement also appeals for special duas for the nation's peac...