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Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan Join Hands To Counter Rising Islamophobia

Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia have agreed to jointly fight the increasing global trend of Islamophobia. The agreement was reached at a trilateral meeting Wednesday on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

The meeting was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Premier Imran Khan and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad.

The three leaders discussed ways to improve cooperation in a broad range of areas, the statement said, adding Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia will exchange views on regional and global developments and trends.

Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia also decided to launch a TV channel dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by Islamophobia.

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“President Erdogan, Prime Minister Mahathir and myself held a meeting today in which we decided our three countries will jointly start an English language TV channel dedicated to confronting challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion – Islam,” Khan said in a series of tweets.

“Misperceptions which bring people together against Islam would be corrected; the issue of blasphemy would be properly contextualized; series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate/inform our own people & the world; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence,” he went on to say.

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