Saturday, March 18 2006 17:03 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Pratapgarh: Continuing his virulent criticism of the United States, Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad today (Mar 18 2006) accused US President of being the biggest enemy of Islam and held "selfish political parties" responsible for the recent Varanasi blasts.

"US President George W Bush is the biggest enemy of humanity and Islam and could resort to any tactics to defame the religion," he told a religious function here.

He said the continued US attacks on Iraq have challenged humanity as it wanted to gain control over that country for its own interests and was "killing hundreds of innocents people to achieve it."

Blaming "selfish political parties" for the March 3 Varanasi blasts, Jawwad asked them to desist from such practices and work towards peace and communal amity as well as keeping a check on terrorist activities.