ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday commended Canadian PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau as the latter appointed a special representative todeal with Islamophobia in North American country.
Responding to the Canadian premier’s move, Khan welcomes the unequivocalcondemnation of Islamophobia by the Liberal Party leader and his plan toappoint a special representative to combat this contemporary scourge.
“I welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unequivocal condemnation of#Islamophobia & his plan to appoint a Special Representative to combat thiscontemporary scourge. His timely call to action resonates with what I havelong argued. Let us join hands to put an end to this menace”, the captioncited.
Earlier, Trudeau in a recent tweet said “Islamophobia is unacceptable”. The50-year-old said that they need to put an end to this hate and make theircommunities safer for Muslim Canadians.
Last year, the Canadian PM and the leaders of federal parties visited amosque in Ontario, where they joined thousands at a vigil for a Muslimfamily crushed to death by a pickup driver.
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North American region suffered several mass killings motivated byIslamophobia in recent years than any other country in the G7, per reports.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, who remained a vocal person in awareness aboutrising Islamophobia, earlier welcomed the statement of Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in which he said that blasphemy does not count as freedom ofexpression.
