Prime Minister Khan wrote to Zuckerberg today and asked social media giant Facebook to place a ban on Islamophobia and hate against Islam just like it had placed on the Holocaust.
The letter began by saying, “I am writing to draw your attention to the growing Islamophobia that is encouraging hate, extremism and violence across the world and especially through the use of social media platforms including Facebook.”
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writes to CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg asking for ban on Islamophobic content on Facebook. pic.twitter.com/kMcV1T3Ott— Govt of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) October 25, 2020
The prime minister also said that he values Zuckerberg’s step to “rightly ban any posting that criticizes or questions the Holocaust, which was the culmination of the Nazi pogrom of the Jews in Germany and across Europe”.
He stated that the world today is witnessing a similar pogrom against Muslims.
“Unfortunately, in some states, Muslims are being denied their citizenship rights and their democratic personal choices from dress to worship,” read the letter.
“In India, anti-Muslim laws and measures such as CAA and NRC as well as targeted killings of Muslims and blaming Muslims for coronavirus are reflective of the abominable phenomenon of Islamophobia,” it added.
PM Imran Khan further state that in France, Islam has been falsely linked to extremism and, shockingly, it has been allowed to publish blasphemous cartoons targeting Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
“This will lead to further polarisation and marginalisation of Muslims in France. How will the French distinguish between radical extremist Muslim citizens and the mainstream Muslim citizenry of Islam?” he asked, in the letter.
The prime minister strikes a chord to the Facebook CEO on how “marginalization inevitably leads to extremism – something the world does not need”.
“Given the rampant abuse and vilification of Muslims on social media platforms, I would ask you to place a similar ban on Islamophobia and hate against Islam for Facebook that you have put in place for the Holocaust,” he wrote.
He called on Zuckerberg to understand that the message of hate “must be banned in total”.
“One cannot send a message that while hate messages against some are unacceptable, these are acceptable against others,” the letter underscored.
It stressed that the world need not wait for the ongoing pogrom against Muslims in India and India-occupied Kashmir until a ban against Islamophobia is enforced.
“This in itself is reflective of prejudice and bias that will encourage further radicalisation,” the letter concluded by saying.
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