ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday congratulated the Muslim world as the United Nations adopted a \u201clandmark resolution\u201d introduced by Pakistan, designating March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia.<\/p>\n
Following the adoption of the \u201clandmark\u201d resolution by the United Nations General Assembly introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC countries, the prime minister said,\u201cOur voice against the rising tide of Islamophobia has been heard.\u201d<\/p>\n
The resolution was sponsored by 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and eight other countries, including China and Russia.<\/p>\n
Under its terms, the resolution strongly deplores all acts of violence against persons on the basis of their religion or belief and such acts directed against their places of worship, as well as all attacks on and in religious places, sites and shrines that are in violation of international law.<\/p>\n
The prime minister has been regularly speaking up against the rising Islamophobia in his addresses at different forums or through letters to the Muslim world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UN has finally recognised the grave challenge confronting the world: of Islamophobia, respect for religious symbols & practices & of curtailing systematic hate speech & discrimination against Muslims,\u201d the prime minister remarked on Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext challenge is to ensure implementation of this landmark resolution,\u201d he resolved.<\/p>\n
At the world platforms, including the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan has been calling the world to act against Islamophobia and asking the world leaders \u201cto act collectively to counter the growing phenomenon in non-Muslim states\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the recent past, the prime minister welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s plan to appoint a special representative to combat Islamophobia, which he termed a \u201ccontemporary scourge\u201d.<\/p>\n
Imran Khan also recently appreciated Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201cemphatic statement\u201d that the freedom of speech could not be a pretext to abuse Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday congratulated the Muslim world as the United Nations adopted a \u201clandmark resolution\u201d introduced by Pakistan, designating March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Following the adoption of the \u201clandmark\u201d resolution by the United Nations General Assembly […]<\/p>\n
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