Pakistan condemns recent Hindutva extremist violence against Muslims in India.
There are videos showing RSS activists beating Muslim boys who are tied to poles.
FO also condemns the destruction of Muslim families’ homes in Madhya Pradesh.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the most recent incidents of hatred and violence shown towards Muslims in India during the Hindu holidays of Navratri and Dussehra.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad stated in a statement that this is another another evidence of the “saffron fear” that has penetrated Indian culture.
He described as horrific a video circulating on social media depicting brutality against Muslim youngsters tied to poles and savagely beaten by RSS fanatics on the basis of pelting stones at a festival place.
According to the FO spokesman, the razing of houses belonging to Muslim families in Madhya Pradesh is also disturbing, based on the false claim of throwing stones at holy Hindu locations.
According to the statement, the alarming surge in Islamophobia inside India is a painful result of the BJP-RSS government’s mindless pursuit of the majoritarian
‘Hindutva’ goal and open backing for anti-Islam and anti-Muslim propaganda.
“India’s so-called’secularism’ veil has been entirely peeled, revealing the true face of an undeclared ‘Hindu Rashtra,’ in which Muslims are perpetually harassed, tortured, and ostracized.”
Pakistan has urged the Indian government to take firm action against fundamentalist-Hindu forces who incite communal violence and hate against Muslims. Rather than granting these forces total impunity, the Indian government must take visible actions to stem the increasing tide of Islamophobia in India and guarantee that Muslims are not persecuted for their beliefs, he added.
Pakistan also urged the international world, particularly the United Nations and its human rights mechanism, to take note of India’s fast worsening Islamophobic situation and hold the country responsible for failing to safeguard the security and well-being of its Muslim residents.
