Envoys of 21 Muslim countries met here to discuss blasphemous contents against Islam on social media and decided to adopt a joint strategy to counter it.
Pakistan's interior minister Nisar Ali Khan hosted a meeting of envoys to thrash a policy to counter online anti-Islam materials, according to statement by the Interior Ministry.
"There was unanimity among the participants that the entire Muslim Ummah is united to protect the sanctity and dignity of the religion and Holy prophet," it said. It was decided that a comprehensive strategy paper encompassing all legal and technical aspects would be circulated by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs among the ambassadors of the Muslim countries which they would be sharing with their governments to evolve future plan of action.
It was also decided that a formal reference would be sent to Secretary General of the Arab league raising the issue of blasphemous content on social media and how such a tendency had been hurting the sentiments of the Muslims across the world. The meeting decided that after response is received from the government of the Islamic countries, the matter then would be taken up at the level of UN besides looking into legal options available to follow-up