Pakistani Prime Minister condemns India on hatred against Islam

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has attacked India’s Hindu nationalist government, calling India a state sponsor of hatred and prejudice against Islam.

Khan said Islamophobia which prevails in India today threatens close to 200 million Muslims who live there.

In a prerecorded speech to the UN General Assembly, which is being held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic, Khan said they believe that India is exclusive to Hindus and others are not equal citizens.

Khan has frequently criticized the decision by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August 2019 to strip Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, scrap its separate constitution and remove inherited protections on land and jobs.

Khan, also condemned the targeting of Muslims in many countries and provocations and incitement “in the name of free speech.”

Despite Khan’s outcry at the treatment of Muslims worldwide, Pakistan has not criticized China’s assault on its Muslim minority Uighur population.
Pakistan’s silence, like that of other influential Muslim nations, is linked to its economic ties to China.