Pakistan Urges World to hold India responsible for targeted attacks against Muslims
Pakistan Foreign Office on Monday strongly condemned the recent spree of targeted attacks against the Muslim community by' fanatic Hindu mobs in many Indian states. Pakistan alarmed global community to hold India responsible for its gross and widespread human rights violations'.
In current weeks_ religious clashes have broken out between the majority Hindu and minority Muslim communities during religious processions in several parts of the country. Muslims were aggressively targeted by Indian authorities in the aftermath of clashes that started after a Hindu festival.
A statement issued by the Pakistan Foreign Office said an attempt was made to hoist a saffron flag at Jahangirpuri s Jamia Masjid_ where Muslims were staying to break their fasts_ and provocative tune was also played and weapons were brandished.
Foreign Office spokesperson said the incident brought to mind the horrific memories of the Delhi massacre of February 2020 which was aimed to discriminate_ dispossess and dehumanize the Muslim community. It also urged the international community to hold the country responsible for widespread human rights violations.
Traumatic experience of demolition of houses_ businesses and shops belonging to Muslims and the vandalisation of mosques by local authorities in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat reveal the deep penetration of Hindutva ideology into the fabric of Indian national and society_ it further said.
Pakistan said that it's more alarming that the local authorities were evidently complicit in the fear-mongering campaign against the Muslims on the pretext of a crackdown.
Pakistan also called upon the global community_ particularly the United Nations and relevant international human rights and humanitarian organizations to question New Delhi and hold it accountable for repeated violations of human rights in the country.
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