ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq condemned the plight of Rohingya Muslims and demanded that Muslim countries discontinue diplomatic relations with Myanmar in protest.

Addressing a protest rally on Jinnah Avenue on Sunday, Mr Haq urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to convene an Islamic summit to come up a common strategy for the protection of Muslims all over the world, especially the Rohingyas.

He said that Muslims in Myanmar were suffering brutalities unparalleled in human history, but so-called civilized society and human rights watchdogs were silent over the atrocities.

“Those who raise a hue and cry over animal rights are blind to the burning alive of Rohingya youth and the molestation of their women,” he said.

Hundreds of thousands of women and children had been killed like cattle, but there was no protest from any quarter. The UN and the OIC were least bothered over the bloodshed in Myanmar, he said.

He said it was unjust to stay silent in the face of such brutalities and it was time that the Pakistan government took a step forward.

Rohingya leader Abdullah Maruf and JI deputy chief Mian Muhammad Aslam also addressed the gathering.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2015

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