Pakistan Cleric Who Honoured Osama Bin Laden Labels Houthis as 'Terrorists with No Connection to Islam'

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At an international conference in Saudi Arabia, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi, head of the Pakistan Ulema Council, described the Houthis as terrorists and said they had no connection to Islam. Meanwhile, reports have resurfaced accusing Ashrafi and his council of praising Osama bin Laden in 2007.

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Pakistani cleric Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi, speaking at a Saudi Arabian conference, called the Houthi rebels terrorists and said they had no connection to Islam. He sparked an international debate by calling Saudi Arabia's security a red line for Pakistan and rejecting the notion of a Shia-Sunni war.