New York, March 17 -- Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, on Tuesday, called for global vigilance against the politicisation of religion and the rising dangers of weaponising faith.
In an apparent attack on Pakistan for using narrative on Islamophobia, the Ambassador critiqued the practice of exploiting faith-based issues to serve narrow political agendas on the international stage.
He also raised concerns about the misuse of religious identity for political ends, asserting, "It is important for the UN to take note of the rising trend and dangers of weaponizing religious identity and instrumentalizing it to serve narrow political ends - by state and non-state actors alike. India's western neighbour ...