New Delhi: Retorting to statement by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which spoke about ‘Islamophobia’ in the country, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Tuesday said that India is heaven for Muslims and that their social, economic and religious rights are secure.
“India’s Muslims are prosperous. Those trying to vitiate the atmosphere can’t be their friends.The constitutional, social and religious rights of all the citizens including minorities is India’s constitutional and moral guarantee,” Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was quoted in Press Trust of India.
The response came in after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on Sunday urged India to take “urgent steps” to protect the rights of Muslims and stop the incidents of “Islamophobia” in the country.
In tweets, OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission also said the Indian media was negatively profiling the Muslims and subjecting them to discrimination.
The OIC’s comments came in the wake of the incidents that followed the Tablighi Jamaat episode, whoch turned out to be the ‘super-spreader’ of Coronavirus in India.
