At the UN, Pakistan's Bilawal Bhutto alleged that India demonizes Muslims post the Pahalgam terror attack. A foreign Muslim journalist countered, noting that Indian Muslim military officers, including Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, led Operation Sindoor briefings. Bhutto, caught off-guard, acknowledged the point without rebuttal, exposing flaws in Pakistan's narrative.
00:00you made today saying that the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir is being used as a political
00:09tool to demonize Muslims in India. Sir, I have watched the briefings on both sides and as far
00:18as I recall there were Muslim Indian military officers who were conducting the briefing on
00:24the Indian side. As far as the operation is concerned, you're absolutely right.
00:27Okay. The other thing, my main question is a follow-up on my colleague Betul about tariffs and trade.
00:36Can I just answer your demonizing question? Terrorism in general is used by India to demonize Muslims
00:44within their territory. I'm not specifically limiting it to this attack, but the Indian political
00:54environment is such that the word terrorist is used as a wolf whistle to either whip up sentiment
01:03against Muslim minorities within the Indian mainland, to demonize, to paint all Kashmiris within Kashmir
01:12who are opposed to the policies of the Indian government, not as legitimate voices of opposition,
01:19not as a form of resistance, but they demonize everyone as terrorists. Surely those who attack
01:25civilians are terrorists. But those people who raise their voice for the right to self-determination of
01:34their people are not terrorists. The Indian government has not only demonized Muslims within their own country
01:44country, and minorities within their own country. Pakistan has complaints about India financing and
01:52supporting terrorist activity within our country, but also Pakistan is not alone in having these complaints
02:01against India. For example, India has been targeting Sikh activists across the world. They've done so within
02:11Pakistan, where the Indian government has funded defunct terrorist organizations within Pakistan to conduct
02:25assassination of Sikh activists within Pakistan. The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity in
02:34Canada, where they've targeted Sikh activists in Canada, where they've targeted Sikh activists in Canada. The Indian government has engaged in similar criminal activity here in the United States.
02:51The policy of the RSS or the BJP government to the Muslim minority within India is not something new. It's a known fact. What they do within their
03:04country is up to their own country is up to their own system. When they start implying that all Pakistanis are terrorists, as a result of the fact that, as a result of the actions of a few terrorists, I believe that's demonizing an entire population.
