ISLAMABAD: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Shibli Faraz has reiterated that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Islamophobic designs were a threat to global peace.
“The transformation of Indian Islamophobic design has been gradual and well thought out and the hate rhetoric against Muslims is being strengthened by Modi over the past many years,” he said while addressing a ceremony in Islamabad today (Thursday).
He further said that the Indian government’s authoritarian attitude has put the lives of millions of Indian Muslims at stake. “It also predicts imminent humanitarian crises that may extend beyond borders,” he added.
“The RSS-led Indian government wants to wipe out Muslims from the political and social fabric of India,” Shibli Faraz remarked. Commenting on Illegally Indian Occupied Kashmir, he said that the IoK was under strict lockdown for more than one year.
He further said that India was also continuing demographic changes under the controversial domicile rules, property laws, and extrajudicial killings. “The condition of Muslims in the rest of India is no more different,” he added.
“The Muslims in India are facing extreme discrimination, mob attacks, lack of police protection, and now even the fear of loss of citizenship,” he remarked.
Commenting on the Babri mosque incident, he said that the first major blow to religious diversity in India occurred in 1992 when Babri mosque was stormed by tens of thousands of extremist Hindus.
“However, the real face of Modi’s extremist politics was fully exposed in 2002 during Gujrat riots and he became infamous as ‘butcher of Gujrat’,” he remarked. In this regard, he lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan for highlighting Islamophobia internationally.
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