LD JURISTS 3 LAST

During the inaugural function, eminent jurist
Jethmalani provoked the walk out by Ambassador Faisal-al-Trad,
who took offence at his remarks that "....unfortunately in the
17th century, they produced an evil man in Saudi Arabia by the
name of Wahab, who was concerned about the decline of Muslim
world but he hit upon a wrong remedy."
Jethmalani also alleged that "Wahabi terrorism"
indoctrinated "rubbish" in the minds of young people to carry
out terrorist attacks. He lamented that India had friendly
relations with a country that supported Wahabi terrorism.
The organiser of the conference Adesh Aggarwala said
the Ambassador walked out but returned after Law Minister of
India M Veerappa Moily's statement that the views expressed by
Jethmalani were not that of the government.
Moily, in his address, said that terrorism cannot be
attributed to any particular religion.
Jethmalani said there were Hindu terrorists and
Buddhist terrorists but it was unfortunate that the terrorist
that the world was talking about were terrorists who were
mainly Muslilm.
He said he was a student of all religions including
Islam and had the highest respect for the Prophet, a man of
peace. PTI