"Terrorist do not belong to any religion" - says cleric

The mosque's head cleric quashed the attempts of making recent bombing a political issue. "This is the time to stay calm and let the police do their work," the cleric, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, told the television networks.

For the last few months, he said, an effort had been made to stir violence in India, adding, "The people who do these things, they do not belong to any religion." He blamed the bombing incidents on forces bent on sowing strife between INdian Hindu and Muslim community.