Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on On Wednesday he urged Indian Muslims to stand up up for the protection of their fundamental rights in India.
In a statement released today, the minister said the persecution campaign against Muslims in the neighboring country will not stop if the Muslim community remained in silence.
FM Qureshi strongly condemned the ban of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka, India.
“India claims to be a champion of secularism and democracy, while in facti Muslim citizens face restrictions on their clothing “, il minister She said.
He added that’s the flag bearers of human rights should take note and speak for the rights of Muslim schoolgirls who they are deprived of their fundamental right to education.
Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeatedly expressed deep concern over the growing trend of Islamophobia through the world.
The minister he stated this at the 47th meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council (OIC). of Foreign ministers held in Niamey, Pakistan hadn’t just raised its own voice against Islamophobia but there was also it presented a resolution adopted unanimously.
He informed that the upcoming 48th meeting of the OIC-CFM, to be held on March 22-23 in Islamabad, will discuss the issues of Palestine and Kashmir, Islamophobia and more challenges facing the Muslim world.
He said the focus will be also be laid on how in effective way use the OIC platform for the protection of rights of Muslims.
Qureshi’s statement comes the day after a video of a solitary muslim wearing burqa student, who he was disturbed by far-right Hindu henchmen in The state of southern Karnataka of India has aroused indignation as well triggered protests after some schools in the state refused entry to female students wearing the hijab.
“We will continue [our protests] because [wearing a hijab] it is a part of being a Muslim girl; They [friends from other communities] also supported us”, Muskan Khan who he was disturbed by the RSS henchmen he told Indian NDTV.
Calls in all of India for anti-Muslim violence – even genocide – are moving From the sidelines to the mainstream, as Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top leaders are silent, a recent published report warned in The New York Times.
“Hate speech is fueling common tensions in India where small trigger they incited mass-death tragedies ”, the report written by a team of The Times reporters said, pointing out that agenda of Hindu monks already resounds with vigilant groups increasingly encouraged.
