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December 24, 2012

CS Monitor: Muslim scholars and clerics: suicide bombings are un-Islamic.

by Scott Peterson
The Christian Science Monitor

Suicide bombers in Afghanistan have shown little restraint: Wedding parties and even mosques and children have witnessed gruesome targeting by the Taliban against civilians.

But as attacks soared in the summer and fall, killing scores of civilians every week – including at least 40 Muslim devotees at a mosque in late October –public revulsion has turned into unprecedented condemnation.

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