NEW DELHI: Killing innocent women and children in bombings and suicide attacks is against the essence of jihad and the tenets of Islam, says al Qaeda’s Indian-subcontinent chief Asim Umar. “Prophet Mohammed has clearly and strongly forbidden the killings of non-combatant women and children,” Umar said in the message posted online.

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