based al-Nadwa said the practices of the deviant group run counter to the proper teachings of Islam. Unfortunately, the members of the deviant group have defamed Islam which advocates love, fraternity and tolerance, said the daily. The daily believes in the importance of the awareness of the youth with the proper principles of Islam, and said this duty should be shouldered by the Islamic callers, intellectuals, media men and members of the academic staff at the universities. It is hoped that awareness campaign against the deviant ideas will yield positive results and contribute to uprooting terrorism and drying its sources, the daily added. --more
