Muslim world beginning to respond to Hindutva-led hate, extremism in India: IPS webinar.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen M. Mazari has called upon the Muslim world to shed its dependence on the Western world and adopt a united stance on critical issues like Kashmir and Palestine in order to emerge as a respected global force. She said now some very vocal statements are coming from the Arab countries on social media and other channels regarding the treatment of Muslims in India and the Kashmir issue.

She was addressing an international webinar titled 'India: Past, Present and Future - Perceptions of the Muslim World', organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, on Tuesday.

International speakers who spoke on this occasion included British House of Lords Member Lord Nazir Ahmed, British Member of Parliament Khalid Mehmood, Member of Turkish Prime Minister's Advisory Board for Human Rights Dr. Hamit Ersoy, Vice President to Egyptian National Constitutional Committee Dr. Kamal Helbawi, Professor Dr. Halil Tokar, Istanbul University, Turkey, and Professor Dr Farhan Mujahid Chak, Qatar University.

The webinar was chaired by Khalid Rahman, Executive President of IPS, and moderated by Syed Muhammad Ali, IPS' Senior Research Fellow.

Lord Nazir Ahmed stated that India is no longer a secular country whose political system is controlled by Hindutva extremist ideology that does not provide equal opportunities to its minorities. He appreciated the Arab countries for beginning to see the true extremist Indian reality, which was hidden under the facade of secular democracy for a long time. He said that India is using its intelligence agency RAW to destabilize Pakistan.

Member of British Parliament Khalid Mehmood called upon the Kashmiris to shed their mutual differences and forge their ranks worldwide to put greater pressure on world powers. He said the Indian government has been brazen-facedly violating the Geneva Convention and urged Muslim countries to take the issue to International Criminal Court (ICC). He also called upon the OIC to consider putting economic sanctions on India for violating human rights of Muslims and Kashmiris.

Professor Dr. Hamit Ersoy of Istanbul Zaim University, Turkey, highlighted the fact that India, the US and Israel are jointly working against the Muslim world and deliberately painting Muslim freedom struggles against foreign occupation as terrorism. They are doing this to justify their continued occupation and oppression and to caste Muslims in a negative...

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