Jamaat-i-Islami will observe protest day on Friday, June 14, against the massacre of Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) at the hands of the Burmese government and extremist Buddhists. JI spokesman, Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, in a statement here on Sunday urged the Pakistani government to take up the issue of Myanmar Muslims with the UN and the Human Rights forums and register its protest over the genocide.
He said it was also the responsibility of the new parliament of the country to take up the issue and adopt a resolution. Besides, he said, a parliamentary delegation should be sent to Burma to assess the situation and to express solidarity with the oppressed Muslim community in Myanmar.
Piracha also impressed upon the Ulema and Muslims scholars to highlight the collective responsibilities of the Muslim Ummah with regard to the miserable plight of the Burmese Muslims. He condemned the dual standards of the UN and the human rights bodies and said the silence of the world powers and their supporters among the Muslim rulers was condemnable.