The prime minister welcomed the visiting foreign ministers at the OIC platform which coincided the occasion of Pakistan Day.
He especially congratulated the OIC members over the landmark resolution passed in the United Nations for declaring March 15 as the Day to Combat Islamophobia.
The March 15, he mentioned, was in connection with the barbaric incident when a gunman opened fire on Muslims at a mosque in New Zealand calling all Muslims terrorists.
He stressed that Islam did not equate terrorism and rejected the notion of differentiating between a “moderate and terrorist Muslim”.
“The moment someone describes as moderate Muslims automatically tags others as radical,” he said, urging the Muslim countries to take a stand on this.
He emphasized that there were no different forms of Islam and Muslims, but the one in line with the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).
He pointed out that the 9/11 incident led to demonizing of Muslims across the world and also dismissed the criticism against Muslims and said mocking or ridiculing the Prophet (PBUH) in the name of freedom of expression was unjustified and unacceptable.
Imran Khan said Pakistan was the only country that was created in the name of Islam with its Objective Resolution based on the vision of Islam’s first socio-welfare State of Medina.
He said Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was sent to the world as a blessing for the entire humanity and not specific for the Muslims only.
Imran Khan regretted that the world was witnessing a situation where the poor countries were being robbed with almost 1.6 trillion dollars illegally transferred to rich countries.
He said an Islamic state must protect the rights of minorities, and imbibes the spirit of compassion and humanity for all.
The prime minister mentioned that one of the ideals of the OIC was to protect Islamic values, however, he expressed concern over the culture of obscenity on of social media, which he said was leading to sex crimes.
He sought consideration by the Islamic platform to suggest ways for combating vulgarity impacting the social values and family system.