State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farukh Habib said Wednesday it was great achievement of entire Muslim Ummah that the UN General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution against Islamophobia moved by Pakistan’s permanent representative on behalf of OIC and decided to observe March 15 International Day for Combating Islamophobia every year.
Addressing a press conference here, the minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan always raised the issue of Islamophobia, at international forums on behalf of 1.5 billion Muslims and conveyed that Islam was a religion of peace and has nothing to do with terrorism.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan forcefully presented the case of Muslim population and highlighted its sensitivities. He said the very voice of Imran Khan is heard and given importance at the international level.
The resolution, adopted on Tuesday by consensus by the 193-member world body and co-sponsored by 55 mainly Muslim countries, emphasises the right to freedom of religion and belief and recalls a 1981 resolution calling for “the elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief”.
The resolution was introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). It marks the day when a gunman entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 51 people and injuring 40 others.
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