Islamabad:
Pakistan expressed deep concern on the growing number of Islamophobic events throughout India on Saturday, warning that the conscious encouraging of religious hatred for political or ideological purposes violates India’s international human rights obligations.
In response to media inquiries, spokesman for the Foreign Office Shafqat Ali Khan said in a statement that Pakistan strongly condemned the targeting of Muslims through hate opinion, discriminatory policies and acts of violence, which were reportedly carried out with the complicity or silence of Indian authorities.
“Pakistan calls on the Indian government to maintain the rights and security of all its citizens, regardless of faith,” the spokesman said, warning that the conscious incentive to religious hatred for political or ideological purposes was contrary to India’s international human rights obligations.
Khan added that such actions at a time when restraint and reconciliation are most needed undermine further prospects of common harmony and regional stability.
The statement comes in the midst of increased tensions between the two nuclear armed neighbors after New Delhi’s accusations level without evidence, Islamabad connects to the Pahagam attack in IIOJK. The Pakistani government has strongly rejected the allegations.
Human Rights Organizations, including Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), have registered at least 21 events with anti-Muslim violence throughout India throughout the attacks. These include physical assaults on Kashmiri -Muslims, hatred speeches at public co -forms and reported calls for the deportation of Muslim students from hostels.
The situation has become further inflamed by the increase in burning music adapted to the Hindutva ideology. Songs spread widely through platforms such as YouTube and WhatsApp has been accused of encouraging hatred against Muslims. Such a song, Pehle Dharam Pocha (“They asked about religion first”), appeared shortly after the Pahagam incident and accused Indian Muslims of consuming Hindu. It has collected over 140,000 views in less than a week.
Other numbers like ab ek nahi huye toh cat jaaoge (“If you do not unite now, you will be slaughtered”) And Jaago Hindu Jaago (“Wake Up, Hindus”) has called on Hindus to identify “traitors in the country” – a phrase that is largely seen as a blurred referral to Muslims.
In parallel with the online hatred campaign, the authorities in Gujarat reportedly about 2,000 cabins that officials claimed were illegally occupied by undocumented migrants from Bangladesh. However, activists claim that the demolitions are part of a wider pattern of systemic discrimination aimed at producing Indian Muslims as “outsiders”.
