Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkiye call for collective efforts to combat Islamophobia

NEW YORK: The Consulate Generals of Pakistan, Turkiye, and Indonesia in New York co-hosted a significant event on combatting Islamophobia on Thursday.

In their opening statements, the Consul Generals emphasised their governments’ collective commitment to combatting Islamophobia, while also advocating for peace, tolerance, and inter-religious dialogue.

In his remarks, Consul General of Pakistan, Aamer Ahmad emphasized Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza as a stark illustration of global Islamophobia and shed
light on prevalent Islamophobic incidents worldwide, including hate speech, targeted attacks, and discrimination against Muslims.

He further brought into focus the systematic destruction of religious sites in India and other Islamophobic actions within the country. He also emphasised the significant military presence of Indian occupation forces in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, as well as India’s discriminatory policies aimed at altering the region’s demographic composition from a Muslim majority to a Hindu majority through demographic engineering.