Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy of the International Religious Freedom Office, said at a press conference here after the release of the ‘Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2022’ by Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, ‘Many governments have banned members of religious communities within their borders. Has continued to target openly. The report provides a fact-based, comprehensive view of the state of religious freedom in nearly 200 countries and territories around the world. “It aims to highlight areas where freedom of religion or belief is being suppressed in order to promote accountability and ultimately drive progress toward a world where freedom of religion or belief is universal,” Blinken said. place be a reality for everyone.’
America gave advice to India on Muslims
Blinken did not mention India in his remarks, and the section on India in the annual report remains the same as in previous years. Hussain cited India as one of the key findings of the report in the context of governments openly targeting religious communities. Referring to some of the countries after Russia, including China and Afghanistan, Hussain said, “Law advocates and religious leaders belonging to diverse religious communities across India condemned the cases of blatant hate speech against Muslims in Haridwar city and the country.” Called upon to uphold its historical tradition of pluralism and tolerance. Burma (Myanmar) military administration is continuously suppressing the Rohingya population due to which many people have fled their homes.
The document’s India section noted that during the year there were several reports of violence by law enforcement officers against members of religious minorities in several states, including the injuring of Hindu worshipers during a festival in October by plainclothes police in Gujarat. This includes the public thrashing of four Muslim men accused of rioting and the bulldozing of Muslim homes and shops by the Madhya Pradesh government following communal violence in Khargone in April. Reports say that in September Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat met five prominent members of the Muslim community to voice their concerns and discuss how to promote communal harmony between Muslims and Hindus .
What did America say on cow slaughter
According to the report, ‘In 2021, Bhagwat had publicly said that Hindus and Muslims in the country should not be treated differently on the basis of religion and that killing non-Hindus for cow slaughter is against Hindutva.’ Nuri Turkel, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, said in a statement that the International Religious Freedom Report is an important tool in the fight to hold religious freedom violators accountable and improve global religious freedom conditions.