UNGA calls for addressing Islamophobic terrorist threats

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UNGA calls for addressing Islamophobic terrorist threats #Baaghi

July 2, 2021: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday unanimously adopted the revised Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) and called on the international community to stop Islamophobia, xenophobia and race based crimes and to take appropriate steps to address new and emerging threats of terrorism based on religion.

Pakistan, along with other OIC countries, spearheaded campaign to recognize Islamophobia as an emerging terrorist threat under the GCTS. The UN GCTS also called for the elimination of direct and indirect forms of religious and racial discrimination and the elimination of hate and violence perpetrated by terrorist groups on such grounds.

It also called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to report on the threat posed by such extremist and Islamophobic terrorist groups. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhry said that Pakistan has repeatedly called on the international community to take effective action against Islamophobia, including taking effective measures through the United Nations.

“Pakistan has also been expressing grave concern at the rising tide of Islamophobia, xenophobia and right-wing extremism across the world,” Spokespoersn Chaudhri said adding that Pakistan had also been expressing concerns regarding terrorist threat posed by the far-right or extreme right-wing groups.

The recognition of terrorist threats caused by Islamophobia in the GCTS constitutes a landmark achievement to address the increasing number of terrorist attacks against Muslims and their places of worship in many parts of the world.

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