PETALING JAYA: The growth of Islamophobia is because Muslim leaders failed to combat anti-Muslim sentiments in the West by explaining the truth about Islam, says Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. As a result (of this failure to explain), Islam was seen as intolerant by the Western world," said Imran. "Rather than saying Islam had nothing to do with it and delinking Islam from the attacks, the Muslim world, unfortunately, started using Western terminologies such as 'moderate Islam and radical Islam'. "Islamophobia grew even more because Muslim countries did not stop and question this and say that Islam and terrorism had no linkage," he added. The idea to form a dedicated TV channel towards this end was first announced by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in December last year.

Source: The Star February 04, 2020 10:18 UTC