Walikum-us-salam brother. Since i have witnessed this issue very closely, i would try to answer your questions. The above is exactly the reason why we are mad. There were absolutely NO efforts from the ulema on Maulana Saleemullah Khan to reconcile. There is a lobby which is working against Mufti Taqi Usmani. Since Mufti Sahab is a very respected and loved figure, that does not go well with many people. Therefore, a poisoning campaign was started against Mufti Sahab, and Islamic Banking was made as an excuse. Unfortunately, many of the senior ulema who were very sincere and honest, were also caught in all this. Anyways, the ulema on the side of Maulana Saleemullah Khan Sahab gathered and prepared a fatwa against Islamic Banking. And no one from DUK was approached during all this! When they had prepared a draft, at the very last moment, Mufti Taqi Sahab was called. When Mufti Sahab went there, Maulana Saleemullah Khan told him that we have prepared a fatwa, and we want you to hear it. And then Maulana Saleemullah Khan read out the fatwa. Mufti Taqi was shocked. He asked that he should be allowed to answer, and he was told that "We are not here to discuss. I have to go to the Airport. We just wanted to tell you that Islamic banking is haraam". And Mufti Taqi was left speechless, and embarrassed infront of all of those ulema. I have the original copy of the fatwa. It even uses some disrespectful remarks against Mufti Sahab. For example it says that "Aap apnay app ko mian mithu samajhtay hain, aur kissi ki baat nahin suntay", and "Ajj kull tau Molvi bank kay advisor bunn gaey hain" etc and many more personal insults. Exactly, and that's why i said in my first post that this is indeed a very dark and gloomy period for Deobandi ulema. A conspiracy was initiated, for the akabireen ulema to fight with each other. And Maulana Saleemullah Khan was used for all this. I have much more details, but i can't write all over here. Exactly! You can't even imagine the remarks which have been passed by the laymen. In all honesty, if there was a problem with Islamic Banking, then there should have been a healthy discussion between the ulema. Questions should have been asked from Mufti Taqi Usmani. If Mufti Sahab would have failed to answer the questions, only then this matter should have been brought in front of the public. Instead of this, a fatwa was imposed on DUK. Mufti Taqi Sahab has said this so many times, that the Islamic Banking needs a lot of more reforms, and he is open to correction anytime. Mufti Taqi Sahab was even accused of taking money from AlMeezan Bank to give fatwas!! Can you believe that?? And this has left the awaan in a disarray. I know so many people, who were involved in interest, and then when Islamic Baking was introduced, they shifted their deposits to Islamic Banks. I myself convinced a lot of my family members to invest in Islamic Banks instead of investing in interest and harraam. All of those people have now gone against DUK and the senior ulema. The darul-ifta at my madressah has done heavy research on Islamic Finance in collaboration with DUK, and i have been a part of that all along. I can tell you that we issued fatwas in thousands on Islamic banking. Now imagine, what would be the views and replies that we would be getting from all across the world. The deobandi ulema have become a laughing stock!