New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS): Indian Muslim clerics and intellectuals Wednesday condemned the killing of school children in Pakistan by the Taliban, an act which has triggered global outrage.

Mehmood Madani, a prominent cleric in Delhi, described the attack as "barbaric" and said the act was "indescribable".

"It is an inhuman attack and cannot be tolerated. It must be dealt with strongly. Islam does not allow this. Those who indulge in such despicable acts are doing disservice to Islam," Madani told IANS.

Condemnations poured in over the killing of 148 people, including 132 children, at an army-run school in Pakistan's Peshawar city by the Taliban.

"They were not the children of Pakistan they were the children of the world. Taliban are murderers of humanity. I don't have words," Kamal Faruqui, one of the progressive Muslim personalities, said.

Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmed, the Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid in Old Delhi, echoed the same views.

"Terrorism in the name of Islam is un-Islamic. They call themselves Muslims, but they are a blot on Muslims," Ahmed said.