OIC strongly rejects the Indian RSS policies

Islamabad, 29th November: The OIC CFM has strongly rejected policies being pursued by India’s RSS-BJP regime.

According to reports, whether the Kash­mir issue was on the agenda of an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s meeting in Niger, the foreign ministers of the OIC’s member states reaffirmed support for the Kashmir cause.

As per reports from the Dawn News, in another landmark development, the OIC unanimously adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution urging the UN Secretary-General to initiate a global dialogue to counter rising Islamophobia and promote interfaith harmony.

On the bilateral level, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who led Pakistan delegation at the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) in Niamey, Niger, raised the recent issue of the ban on visas for Pakistanis imposed by the United Arab Emirates with the UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimi.

According to details of the Niamey meeting released by Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Saturday, the CFM reaffirmed its strong support for the Kashmir cause. The OIC categorically rejected illegal and unilateral actions taken by India on Aug 5 last year to change the internationally recognised disputed status of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jam­mu and Kashmir and demanded India to revoke its illegal steps.

The OIC has strongly reaffirmed their unequivocal and unanimous support for the Kashmir Cause in a Resolution adopted at #OIC47CFMNiamey categorically rejected illegal actions taken by India since 5 August 2019.

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) November 29, 2020

It also rejected policies being pursued by the RSS-BJP regime, the 57 member countries of the OIC asked India to refrain from taking any steps to change the demographic structure of the disputed territory.

The OIC foreign ministers condemned in the strongest possible terms human rights violations perpetrated by Indian occupation forces in held Kashmir and other such instances of terrorism that have been the source of unspeakable suffering for the innocent Kashmiri people.

The unanimous resolution condemned the renewed use of pellet guns by Indian occupation forces against innocent civilians and condemned the harassment of Kashmiri women by Indian troops.

The conference welcomed the visit of OIC Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir from March 2-6, 2020.

India was asked to adhere to its international human rights obligations and allow the OIC Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir and the OIC Fact-finding Mission to visit occupied Kashmir and implement recommendations of the two reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Jammu & Kashmir.

Resolution demands India cancel issuance of domicile certs to nonKashmiris & other unilateral action including “Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Order 2020”, “Jammu & Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate Rules 2020”, “J & K Language Bill 2020” & amendments to landownership laws https://t.co/Udjvwe0YEl

— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) November 29, 2020

It emphasised that the question of Kashmir was of utmost importance for the Ummah.

It affirmed that any political or electoral process held under foreign occupation cannot be a substitute for the exercise of the right to self-determination.

Tabled during the 47th session of the CFM, a separate resolution was drafted in the context of growing incidents of Islamophobia in various parts of the world.

The resolution expressed concern that Islamophobia was on the rise. It expressed deep concern at the recent incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran and reprinting of blasphemous caricatures which hurt sentiments of more than 1.8 billion Muslims around the world.

The OIC decided to designate March 15 as the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia” each year. It authorised the OIC Permanent Missions in New York to jointly table a resolution in the UN General Assembly, calling for the establishment of this day.

Speaking on the session, FM Qureshi said that adoption of the resolution was a reflection of the sentiments of billions of Muslims who respected other religions and expected similar respect for Islam and the Prophet (PBUH).

Meanwhile, the CFM meeting decided to host its 48th session in Islamabad in 2021. Pakistan also became a member of the six-member OIC Executive Committee for the next three years.

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