Islamic states must come together against Muslims’ persecution: PM

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, Feb 04 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, terming the ongoing religious persecution of Muslims all over the world the ‘worst in human history’, said answer to the grave problem was a collective and firm voice by the Islamic countries. “The only solution is that Muslims must come together on something like what is happening in Mayanmar and Kashmir, when someone is only being persecuted because of their religion,” the prime minister said at International Affairs Forum on ‘Vision for Regional Peace and Security’ at the Malaysia’s Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies. He said, “We don’t want the Muslim Ummah to come together to fight, but to protect the interests like any other community does.” He regretted that despite being a population of 1.3 billion, Muslims suffered all over the world, might it be in Libya, Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and termed it “a tail of disaster”. “The reason is that we have no voice and there is a total division amongst. We can’t even come together as whole on the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) summit meeting on Kashmir,” he said. However, the prime minister praised his Malaysian counterpart Dr Mahathir Mohamad for taking an open … Continue reading Islamic states must come together against Muslims’ persecution: PM