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Muslim countries should stand up to Islamophobia, says PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that Muslim countries should collectively voice their concerns against Islamophobia and stand up to the West for associating Islam with terrorism.
The prime minister was addressing the Ulema and Mashaikh Conference in Islamabad during which he said that since he understands the West better than others, he has raised the issue of Islamophobia on all forums from time to time.
“The West conveniently associated Islam with terrorism but in the last 20 years, Muslim countries unfortunately, did not respond to this narrative,” he said. “Muslim leaders should have stood up to the West and made it clear that there is no link between Islam, or any other religion, with terrorism.”
The premier explained that extremists exist in all societies, but when western countries started using terms like “radical Islam,” “Islamic extremism,” and even started associating suicide bombing with Islam, Muslim leaders did nothing to counter this disinformation campaign against Islam and the problem kept worsening.
“Before 9/11, suicide bombings were majorly carried out by the [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] in Sri Lanka, a group comprising Hindus, but nobody ever associated Hinduism with terrorism,” he said, adding that before the World War II, the Japanese also carried out suicide attacks in American ships but no one associated their religion with terrorism.
He said that those Muslims living in Western countries, and even in India, are facing a lot of problems because of Islamophobia.
“When Muslim women living in the West go out of their houses wearing a headscarf, people taunt them,” the PM said. “Similarly, bearded Muslim men have to face derogatory remarks.”…
https://www.geo.tv/latest/333969-muslim-countries-should
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that Muslim countries should collectively voice their concerns against Islamophobia and stand up to the West for associating Islam with terrorism.
The prime minister was addressing the Ulema and Mashaikh Conference in Islamabad during which he said that since he understands the West better than others, he has raised the issue of Islamophobia on all forums from time to time.
“The West conveniently associated Islam with terrorism but in the last 20 years, Muslim countries unfortunately, did not respond to this narrative,” he said. “Muslim leaders should have stood up to the West and made it clear that there is no link between Islam, or any other religion, with terrorism.”
The premier explained that extremists exist in all societies, but when western countries started using terms like “radical Islam,” “Islamic extremism,” and even started associating suicide bombing with Islam, Muslim leaders did nothing to counter this disinformation campaign against Islam and the problem kept worsening.
“Before 9/11, suicide bombings were majorly carried out by the [Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam] in Sri Lanka, a group comprising Hindus, but nobody ever associated Hinduism with terrorism,” he said, adding that before the World War II, the Japanese also carried out suicide attacks in American ships but no one associated their religion with terrorism.
He said that those Muslims living in Western countries, and even in India, are facing a lot of problems because of Islamophobia.
“When Muslim women living in the West go out of their houses wearing a headscarf, people taunt them,” the PM said. “Similarly, bearded Muslim men have to face derogatory remarks.”…
https://www.geo.tv/latest/333969-muslim-countries-should