Naqvi snubs UK MP for ‘Islamophobia’ remark
Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has snubbed UK Labour Party MP Naz Shah, asking her not to convert her prejudiced agenda of ‘India Phobia’ into ‘Islamophobia’.
“Please, don’t convert your prejudiced agenda of ‘India Phobia’ into ‘Islamophobia’. Every Indian citizen including Minorities is safe and secure in India. ‘Co-existence‘ is our commitment and ‘Inclusivity’ is our culture,” Naqvi said in a tweet tagging Naz Shah.
Please, don’t convert your prejudiced agenda of “India Phobia” into “Islamophobia”. Every Indian citizen including Minorities is safe and secure in India. “Co-existence” is our commitment and “Inclusivity” is our culture. 🙏🙏🙏 @NazShahBfd pic.twitter.com/yBpeHvzXfR
— Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (@naqvimukhtar) April 22, 2022
Naqvi’s remarks came in response to a tweet by Naz Shah that said: “My message to @BorisJohnson on his visit to India is that our nation’s foreign relations must not just be based on trade & internationalism but also on human rights. My plea to the @10DowningStreet is to raise the growing issue of Islamophobia with the Modi Government.”
“The rising tide of everyday hate & mob lynching against Muslims in India is becoming worrying,” Shah had said.
My message to @BorisJohnson on his visit to India is that our nation’s foreign relations must not just be based on trade & internationalism but also on human rights.
My plea to the @10DowningStreet is to raise the growing issue of Islamophobia with the Modi Government. (1) 🧵
— Naz Shah MP 💙 (@NazShahBfd) April 21, 2022
Earlier on Thursday, India had strongly condemned the visit of US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on April 20.
Responding to a question in the weekly media briefing, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Arindam Bagchi, had said that New Delhi has taken note of her visit to a part of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which is currently illegally occupied by Pakistan.
“If such a politician wishes to practice her narrow-minded politics at home, that may be her business. But violating our territorial integrity and sovereignty in its pursuit makes it ours. This visit is condemnable,” Bagchi said while briefing the media.
Apart from minister Naqvi, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla objected to Naz Shah’s tweet. He tweeted, “Dear Naz Shah, I’m an Indian Muslim– the youngest spokesperson of BJP – proud to be born in India than any other country Not that it is any of your business to lecture my country about human rights given the track record of anti-semitism you have but let me educate you..You have no locus on what is an internal & integral part of India but perhaps Naz Shah would like to tell us about atrocities done by Pakistan & ISI on Kashmiris in Pak Occupied Kashmir which is anything but Azad! But Naz won’t speak up.”
Dear Naz Shah,
I’m an Indian Muslim- the youngest spokesperson of BJP – proud to be born in India than any other country
Not that it is any of your business to lecture my country about human rights given the track record of anti-semitism you have but let me educate you 1/n https://t.co/QqL2oOPjyo pic.twitter.com/Z3d5J0tiPI
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) April 22, 2022
[With Inputs from IANS]
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