Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and extremism, PM Imran addresses OIC FM's session

Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan welcomed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers (FM)’s to Pakistan and said that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism and extremism.

Speaking at the 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, the prime minister said that a false narrative was established against the Muslims after the 9/11 tragedy that Muslims are terrorists.

“Unfortunately, we didn’t do anything to check this wrong narrative of Islamophobia and resultantly, the man on the street in the West came to believe this.”

Welcoming the guests, PM Imran said, “People of Pakistan are overjoyed on this special occasion as we are also celebrating our 75th anniversary this year.”

“I especially congratulate our OIC members because of a landmark resolution passed by the UN to mark March 15 as Day to Combat Islamophobia which is the day when a gunman attacked mosques in Christchurch.”

He said that Muslims were wrongly linked with terrorism by the world.

“One of the ideas of OIC is to protect Islamic values,” PM Imran Khan said.

He said that he believed that Islamic values have never been under threat as they are right now.

The premier said that when he became the prime minister of Pakistan he asked the police chief about the crime chart.

“I was amazed to see that the sex crimes, child abuse, and rape are the fastest growing crime in this country.”

He said that Pakistan has an increased divorce rate, rising vulgarity, which is because the more society gets permissive, it has a direct impact on the family system.

He said that one of the most important things about Islam is that it protects the family system, it has values like respecting parents and teachers.

“But [with] the culture that is coming through social media, we really need to think how we are going to protect our generations,” PM Imran Khan said.