OIC For Joint Efforts To Protect Indian Muslims.

ISLAMABAD -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General, Hissein Brahim Taha expressed deep concern over the insulting remarks, as well as the unending plight of Indian Muslims.

He said that OIC was sensitive to the growing trend of Islamophobia and the need to take collective action to combat it. He was having a telephonic conversation yesterday with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the Chair of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.

The conversation focused on the series of Islamophobic actions by the ruling dispensation in India, in particular the derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) made by two senior officials of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that India was deeply hurting the Muslims sentiments.

The foreign minister observed that the derogatory remarks made by the high-ranking BJP officials had deeply hurt the sentiments of the Muslims around the globe.

He noted that the BJP's attempted clarification, and the belated and perfunctory 'disciplinary' action against the responsible individuals could not assuage the...