ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has condemned the unjust demolition of the historicalBilal mosque in the Indian state of Haryana and demanded the internationalcommunity and human rights organizations to look into the matter.
In another attack on India’s Muslim minority, the ancient mosque was razedto the ground in light of the Indian Supreme Court’s orders to demolish theencroachments in Faridabad.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmadsaid “The Hindutva-driven BJP-RSS combines perpetual targeting of Muslimsand their places of worship, which is an indelible blot on the so-calledlargest democracy”.
FO pointed out that “the targeting of Muslims, their religious places, andcultural heritage continue unabated in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu andKashmir and in India”. Pakistan urged the international community,particularly the United Nations, to hold India accountable for itsinjustices towards Muslims.
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The statement further added that “Muslims and their places of worship wereattacked with state complicity during anti-Muslim pogroms in Gujarat in2002 and in Delhi in February 2020, without there being any judicialaccountability”.
The recent incident is followed by the 2019 incident, when India’s topcourt awarded the Ayodhya to Hindus, allowing a temple to be built whereonce the Babri Masjid stood. A Five-judge bench, headed by the chiefjustice of India, Ranjan Gogoi announced the verdict.
