PM Khan urges OIC to oppose Islamophobia at all forums

Prime Minister Imran Khan met the Islamabad-based Ambassadors of countries belonging to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday, briefing them on Pakistan’s efforts at the international level to create awareness about Islamophobia. He also stressed the need to collectively address the occurrences which surface due to it.

Prime Minister Imran Khan met the Islamabad-based Ambassadors of countries belonging to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (@OIC_OCI) today to discuss combating Islamophobia and promoting inter-faith harmony. pic.twitter.com/EbS7zAwo6D

— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 3, 2021

PM Khan stressed that Pakistan’s efforts were always aimed at building a mutual consensus and promoting inter-faith harmony. He noted that Islamophobic acts fan inter-religious hatred and disharmony. “Falsely equating Islam with radicalism and terrorism was leading to the marginalisation and stigmatisation of Muslims,” he added.

PM emphasised that the vilification of Islamic principles and religious personalities, wrongly justified under the garb of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, hurts the sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims around the world. He also underlined the need to establish legal safeguards aimed at protecting the sensitivities of all religious groups and said that the OIC has to make a collective effort to project the true image of Islam, and its message of peace and tolerance.

This comes after TLP’s demand to expel the French Ambassador, resulting in a security situation in the country.

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Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI's statement during meeting with @OIC_OCI Ambassadors.

(With Urdu Subtitles) #PMIK_VoiceOfMuslims pic.twitter.com/6DXF8r3WyL

— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 4, 2021