Pakistan President cautions France against enacting anti-Muslim laws
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President Dr Arif Alvi. PHOTO: FILE
Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Saturday urged the political leadership of France “not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslim into laws” and warned that such steps would lead to serious repercussions in the shape of hatred and conflict.
The president’s call came in reference to a bill passed by the French parliament’s lower house on Tuesday with overwhelming majority that would strengthen oversight of mosques, in an act of discrimination against Muslims.
“You [France] need to bring people together and not to stamp a religion in a certain manner to create disharmony and bias”,” Alvi told an international conference on religious freedom and minorities rights.
President Dr Arif Alvi speaks at the conference at Aiwan-i-Sadr on Saturday. APP
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday urged the political leadership of France not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslim into laws and warned that such steps would lead to serious repercussions in the shape of hatred and conflict.
“You [France] need to bring people together and not to stamp a religion in a certain manner to create disharmony and bias,” he said at an international conference on religious freedom and minorities rights.
The president’s statement came in reference to a bill passed by the French parliament’s lower house on Tuesday with an overwhelming majority that would strengthen oversight of mosques in an act of discrimination against Muslims.
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President cautions France against enacting anti-Muslim laws
Alvi says new legislation is not in line with the UN Charter
President Dr Arif Alvi. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
President Arif Alvi on Saturday urged the political leadership of France “not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslim into laws” and warned that such steps would lead to serious repercussions in the shape of hatred and conflict.
The president’s call came in reference to a bill passed by the French parliament’s lower house on Tuesday with overwhelming majority that would strengthen oversight of mosques, in an act of discrimination against Muslims.