Islamabad: According to Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Islamophobia has reached alarming heights all over the world, especially in Europe.

He urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to ask UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint a special envoy, or equivalent, to focus on the issue of Islamophobia, which peaked on Monday during a meeting of the Contact Group on Muslims in Europe. reached. Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which coincided with the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

According to Bhutto Zardari, the most concern is the institutionalization of Islamophobia through new laws and policies such as discriminatory travel restrictions and visa restrictions. This is evidenced by the fact that Islamophobia continues to gain strong resonance in the political spheres in Europe.

Last year, the United Nations General Assembly approved a landmark resolution that Pakistan had proposed on behalf of the OIC countries, designating March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.

Bhutto Zardari said that "the momentum generated by this resolution must be maintained."

“Today, a Hindutva-inspired India is one of the worst examples of this Islamophobia. The (ruling) BJP-RSS regime is fueling its centuries-old plan to erase India's Islamic heritage and turn it into a special Hindu state. From the ideology of hatred against Muslims.

He continued, citing the "well-documented" increase in hate crimes against Muslims in Europe, "The gender aspect of Islamophobia is also gaining prominence, targeting Muslim girls and women because of the way they dress and the common perception Muslim women are being oppressed and therefore should be "liberated".

Bhutto Zardari said that in order to track all these instances of discrimination and hate crimes in Europe and around the world, the OIC needs to further strengthen its observatory;

He suggested that the group should urge the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner to establish an observatory to track acts of religious hatred, enmity and violence against Muslims, and to regularly report on these incidents. For relevant policy organizations.

According to Bhutto Zardari, as part of their bilateral relations with European countries, OIC member states should bring to the fore the difficulties faced by Muslims and make special efforts to obtain assistance in resolving these difficulties.

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