Islamabad (HRNW) Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the Muslim nations to stay out of the “bloc politics” between the West and Russia, but at the same time act as a neutral bloc to help resolve international conflicts.
He made the plea in his keynote address to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign minister summit being held in Islamabad. The prime minister also admitted that Muslim nations have failed both Kashmiris and Palestinians.
He called for combating Islamophobia that prevails in the West. “After the nine eleven Islamophobia kept growing and the reason was, I am sorry to say, that we the Muslim countries did not do anything to check this narrative. How can religion has anything to do with terrorism. How was Islam equated with terrorism?”
Admitting that Muslim nations have “failed both the Palestinian and the people of Kashmir,” he said that “I am sad to say that we have been able to make no impact at all. [The western countries] don’t take us seriously. We are a divided house and those powers know it. We are 1.5 billion people and yet our voice to stop this blatant injustice insignificant.
He said the OIC nations were not talking about conquering some countries. “We are simply talking about the human rights of people of Kashmir and Palestine.”
Imran Khan said that India is changing the Muslim majority in Kashmir into a minority.
Speaking about the war in Ukraine, the prime minister said that Muslim countries and other nations which were “non-partisan” could play a role to end the conflict.
He said that the world is heading toward “bloc politics” which is a worrisome development and, in this situation, “it is extremely important that we get united and on certain core issues take a stance and let’s not be dragged into … blocs…. We should stay as a bloc and show our power in bringing about peace rather than becoming part of some conflict.”
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