Acholi Kadhi has asked security to halt the execution of suspects awaiting trial.

Sheikh Musa Khelil, the Acholi Muslim District Kadhi, has condemned security personnel’s practice of shooting suspects without giving them a fair hearing.

Sheikh Khelil, referring to a recent incident in which police shot and killed a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Kirevu, said police should be professional when making arrests and not take suspects’ lives.

Sheikh Kirevu was shot and killed by police on November 18 in a Kampala neighbourhood while allegedly resisting arrest. Sheikh Kirevu was in command of the Ntoroko cell of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to police spokesperson Fred Enanga.

The latest explosions in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, have been blamed on the ADF.

Sheikh Khelil, however, told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Wednesday that the police response to the search for suspects, largely Muslims linked to the terror attacks, was brutal. He goes on to say that the action has given the Muslim community goosebumps.

Sheikh Khelil also stated that security forces should not generalize Muslim involvement in recent terror attacks, but rather identify the individuals responsible.

He did, however, condemn the terror attacks that shook the country, stressing that the terrorists acted on their own, not on behalf of Islam as a religion. Sheikh Khelil claims that Islam promotes peace and does not condone the killing of people in any form.

After the November dual bombs on Parliament Avenue and near the Central Police station in the capital Kampala, at least five suspects affiliated to the ADF rebel organization were shot dead and another 21 were apprehended by police.

Isis, to which the ADF is said to be loyal, claimed responsibility for the devastating attack, which killed four people and injured 33 others, the most of whom were police officers.