"India Heaven For Muslims": Minister On Islamic Nations Body's Remarks

"India Heaven For Muslims": Minister On Islamic Nations Body's Remarks
New Delhi:

India is heaven for Muslims and their social, economic and religious rights are secure, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today, in response to a statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on what it called "Islamophobia" in the country.

"India's Muslims are prosperous. Those trying to vitiate the atmosphere can't be their friends," Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was quoted as telling Press Trust of India.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) had in a statement on Sunday urged India to take "urgent steps" to protect the rights of Muslims and stop the incidents of "Islamophobia" in the country.

1/2 #OIC-IPHRC condemns the unrelenting vicious #Islamophobic campaign in #India maligning Muslims for spread of #COVID-19 as well as their negative profiling in media subjecting them to discrimination & violence with impunity.

— OIC-IPHRC (@OIC_IPHRC) April 19, 2020

In tweets, OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission also said the Indian media was negatively profiling the Muslims and subjecting them to discrimination.

1/2 #OIC-IPHRC condemns the unrelenting vicious #Islamophobic campaign in #India maligning Muslims for spread of #COVID-19 as well as their negative profiling in media subjecting them to discrimination & violence with impunity.

— OIC-IPHRC (@OIC_IPHRC) April 19, 2020

Asked about the OIC criticism, Mr Naqvi, the only Muslim minister at the centre, said, "We are doing our job with conviction. The prime minister whenever he speaks, he talks about the rights and welfare of 130 crore Indians. If some cannot see this, then it is their problem."

The minister remarked that "secularism and harmony" was not "political fashion but perfect passion" for India and Indians.

The government had earlier hit out at the 57-member grouping of Muslim majority nations, saying it should not make irresponsible statements.

The row follows posts on social media over a Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi last month, which emerged as a super-spreader of coronavirus with thousands of cases across the country linked to its members.

The Islamic sect was accused of violating social distancing guidelines and ignoring all caution by organizing the gathering of 9,000 at their centre in Delhi, Markaz Nizamuddin. As states tracked down Tablighi members in their fight to control the infection, there was a spurt in hate posts on social media.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticized any form of discrimination, saying the COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone equally. "COVID-19 does not see race, religion, colour, caste, creed, language or border before striking. Our response and conduct thereafter should attach primacy to unity and brotherhood," the PM had said in a post on LinkedIn.

World

Coronavirus has spread to 185 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 24,76,854 and 1,70,299 have died; 16,59,795 are active cases and 6,46,760 have recovered as on April 21, 2020 at 8:30 am.

India

In India, there are 18,601 confirmed cases including 590 deaths. The number of active cases is 14,759 and 3,252 have recovered as on April 21, 2020 at 8:00 am.

State & District Details

State Cases Active Recovered Deaths Maharashtra

4666

3862

572

232

Delhi

2081

1603

431

47

Gujarat

1939

1737

131

71

Rajasthan

1576

1346

205

25

Tamil Nadu

1520

1046

457

17

Madhya Pradesh

1485

1284

127

74

Uttar Pradesh

1184

1026

140

18

Telangana

873

660

190

23

Andhra Pradesh

722

610

92

20

Kerala

408

114

291

3

Karnataka

408

280

112

16

West Bengal

392

307

73

12

Jammu And Kashmir

368

292

71

5

Haryana

254

124

127

3

Punjab

245

191

38

16

Bihar

113

69

42

2

Odisha

74

49

24

1

Uttarakhand

46

28

18

0

Jharkhand

46

44

0

2

Himachal Pradesh

39

22

16

1

Chhattisgarh

36

11

25

0

Assam

35

15

19

1

Chandigarh

26

13

13

0

Ladakh

18

4

14

0

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

16

5

11

0

Meghalaya

11

10

0

1

Goa

7

0

7

0

Puducherry

7

4

3

0

Manipur

2

0

2

0

Tripura

2

1

1

0

Mizoram

1

1

0

0

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

0

0

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