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This fear is not limited to Abrahamic religions. There is much evidence that non-Abrahamic religions were also influenced by it. India condemned anti-Semitism, Christianophobia or Islamophobia at the United Nations on Friday, but also stressed phobias affecting Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs and said there was a need to recognize religious fears beyond the Abrahamic religions.
India stayed away from Pakistan's resolution on Islamophobia in the United Nations
Pakistan introduced a resolution to deal with Islamophobia in the United Nations General Assembly, from which India abstained. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj said, as a proud champion of pluralism, India firmly upholds the principle of equal protection and promotion of all religions and all faiths. It must also be acknowledged that this fear extends beyond the Abrahamic religions.
Ruchira Kamboj said decades of evidence show that people following non-Abrahamic religions are also affected by religious fear. Especially anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh elements have also come to the fore. The increasing attacks on religious places like Gurudwaras, monasteries and temples show how other religions are also affected by this fear.
115 countries voted in favor and 44 countries abstained.
115 countries voted in favor of the resolution adopted by the 193-member UNG to tackle Islamophobia introduced by Pakistan. No country opposed it. However, 44 countries, including India, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Ukraine and Britain, abstained from voting on the resolution.
India stressed that the adoption of the resolution should not set a precedent whereby resolutions related to particular religions could potentially divide the United Nations into religious camps. Ruchira Kamboj said, it is important for the United Nations to rise above religious concerns and adopt an approach that has the potential to embrace the world as one global family rather than uniting us under the banner of peace and goodwill.
