Minister of Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi Presents Joint Resolution on Combating Islamophobia at National Assembly Islamabad
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Resolution on Combating Islamophobia
DATE: 26 October 2020
The National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan taking serious note of the recent blasphemous incidents insulting the Holy Prophet through republication of blasphemous caricatures in France and the desecration of the Holy Quran in Norway and Sweden,
Condemns in strongest terms the resurgence of blasphemous and Islamophobic acts by mischievous elements in some parts of the world;
Expresses serious concern at the highly disturbing statements and hate-mongering, specially by leaders like President Macron, justifying unlawful provocation and insult to sentiments of more than a billion Muslims through such hate driven acts, under the garb of freedom of expression;
Recognizing with serious concern that Islamophobia has taken many forms including denigration of the Holy Prophet, desecration of the Holy Quran, negative profiling by security agencies, killing of innocent people by cow vigilantes, attacks on women for wearing hijabs, ban on minarets, negative propaganda and disinformation campaigns by some media groups, manifestos of far-right and neo-fascist parties that call for expulsion of Muslims.;
Condemns unequivocally the practice of blasphemy and of insulting Prophets of Islam, Christianity and Judaism alike;
Condemns strongly all acts of terror or violence in the name of any religion or belief;
Deplores equating of Islam and Muslims with terrorism which goes against the international consensus and spirit of mutual respect and peaceful co-existence;
With the intention of effectively addressing the issue of Islamophobia,
1- Urges the Government to recall its envoy from Paris;
2- Urges the Government to work within the OIC for designating 15th of March as an International Day to Combat Islamophobia and to ask all OIC Members to boycott French goods;
3- Calls on the Secretary General of the OIC to continue to monitor the phenomenon of Islamophobia and take necessary actions for presenting Islamic countries’common position on the matter especially the issue of blasphemous caricatures of the Holy Prophet
and desecration of the Holy Quran;
4. Urges all non-OIC countries to review anti-Muslim discriminatory policies and to refrain from practices that fan intolerance, discrimination, hatred or associate Islam with terror or extremism and ban unlawful provocations;
5. Calls upon all non-OIC countries to provide legal avenues to Muslims residing in their territory for redressal of their genuine grievances.
6. Calls on the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commission for Human Rights, to immediately initiate a global dialogue for inter-faith harmony and the countering of rising islamophobia.
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Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Shireen M. Mazari, Minister for Human Rights
Mr. Asad Umer, Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives
Mr. Shafqat Mahmood, Minister for Federal Education, Professional Training & National Heritage and Culture Mr. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Minister for Aviation Division Mr. Murad Saeed, Minister for Communications
Mr. Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Minister for Industries and Production
Syed Amin-ul-Haque, Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan, Minister for States and Frontier Regions
Mr. Zaheer-ud-Din Babar Awan, Adviser for Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Ali Muhammad Khan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Mr. Muhammad Shabbir Ali Qureshi, Minister of State for Housing and Works Mr. Sheharyar Afridi, Chairman Kashmir Committee
Mr. Khial Zaman, Parliamentary Secretary for Petroleum Division Mian Muhammad Shafiq, Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Mr. Abdul Shakoor Shad, Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet
Mr. Jamil Ahmed Khan, Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Division Mr. Saleem Rehman, Parliamentary Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs Mr. Shaukat Ali, Parliamentary Secretary for Interior Malik Anwar Taj, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
Mr. Zahoor Hussain Qureshi, Parliamentary Secretary for Power
Ms. Kunwal Shauzab, Parliamentary Secretary for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi, Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Revenue Ms. Aliya Hamza Mali, Parliamentary Secretary for Commerce
Mr. Muhammad Ahmeer Sultan, Parliamentary Secretary for National Food and Research
Ms. Ghazala Saifi, Parliamentary Secretary for National History and Literary Heritage Division
Mr. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary
Ch. Muhammad Barjees Tahir
Malik Muhammad Amir Doger
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Syed Naveed Qamar
Mr. Usama Quadri
Ms. Shahida Akhtar Ali
Syed Abrar Ali Shah
Mr. Noor-ul-Hassan Tanvir
Mr. Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel
Mr. Khalid Hussain Magsi
Shazia Marri
Mr. Faiz Ullah
Mr. Saif Ur Rehman
Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali
Mr. Sher Ali Arbab
Mr. Mohsin Dawar
Ms. Shagufta Jumani
Mr. Amir Iqbal
Syed Hussain Tariq
Mr. Riaz-ul-Haq
Mr. Azhar Qayyum Nehra
Mr. Ahmed Raza Maneka
Mr. Atta Ullah
Ms. Nooreen Farooq Khan
Dr. Seemi Bokhari
Dr. Haider Ali Khan
Ch. Muhammad Hamid Hameed
Mr. Muhammad Afzal Khokhar
Mr. Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhary
Mr. Nadeem Abbas
Mr. Mahesh Kumar Malani
Mr. Muhammad Jamal-ud-Din
Mr. Muahammad Khan Daha
Mr. Sikandar Ali Rahoupoto
Mr. Irfan Ali Laghari
Mr. Khalid Ahmed Khan Lund
Ms. Zahra Wadood Fatemi
Ms. Mussarat Asif Khawaja
Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha
Dr. Samina Matloob
Ms. Shaza Fatima Khawaja
Ms. Naz Baloch
Ms. Kiran Imran Dar
Syed Javed Husnain
Ms. Munawara Bibi Baloch
Ms. Shahida Rehmani
Mr. Muhammad Alamgir Khan
Mr. Shams-un-Nisa
Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur
Ms. Aliya Kamran
Engr. Sabir Hussain Kaim Khani
Sardar Muhammad Irfan Dogar
Mr. Umar Aslam Khan
Mr. Tahir Sadiq
Haji Imtiaz Ahmed Chaudhry
Syed Faiz-ul-Hassan
Mehar Ghulam Muhammad Lali
Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan
Rana Tanveer Hussain
Mr. Zahid Akram Durrani
Mr. Muhammad Farooq Azam Malik
Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah
Mr. Ali Khan Jadoon
Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Behan
Mr. Ali Nawaz Awan
Mr. Mukhtar Ahmad Malik
Dr. Darshan
Rana Mubashir Iqbal
Mr. Aamir Talal Gopang
Engr. Usman Khan Tarakai
Mr. Noor Alam Khan
Mr. Arbab Amir Ayub
Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar
Mr. Rahat Aman Ullah Bhatti
Makhdoom Syed Sami-ul-Hassan Gillani
Mr. Riaz Fatyana
Ms. Saira Bano
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Ghafar Watto