Pakistan strongly condemns arbitrary arrest, illegal detention of Islamic scholars in IIOJK.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the arbitrary arrests and illegal detention of prominent Islamic scholars, including Maulana Abdul Rasheed Dawoodi, Maulana Mushtaq Ahmed Veeri and five members of Jamaat-e-Islami, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). 'These deplorable actions only days ahead of the UN General Assembly session, manifest India's growing intransigence and utter disregard of human rights and fundamental freedoms,' the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a press release.

Pakistan also called for the immediate release of these religious scholars and all other Kashmiri prisoners illegally detained by India. 'We also urge the international community to take notice of the dangerously growing trajectory of Islamophobia in India, instigated at the behest of the BJP-RSS nexus, that is aimed at suppressing the Muslims of India, denying them space to freely practice their faith and attacking their places of worship,' it was added.

The spokesperson said that these arrests had marked a new wave in the Indian occupation forces' blatant and continued onslaught on the human rights of the innocent Kashmiris.

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