Has the Muslim World Formally Acknowledged Kashmir As Part Of India?
POLITICS / K. Venkateshwar Rao 10 FEBRUARY 2020 The Muslim world appears to have formally acknowledged that Kashmir is an integral part of India. According to the prominent Dawn daily newspaper in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia declined Pakistan’s request for an emergency meeting of the council of Foreign Ministers on February 9 at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been on a globetrotting mission seeking support ever since the Narendra Modi-led government abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019. The Fight Over Kashmir The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has captured the attention of Muslim leaders globally. It has become an integral part of Pakistan’s diplomacy to muster support against India in the Islamic world. Islamabad has striven to evolve a consensus among OIC member states in condemning New Delhi’s Kashmir policy, which it argues violates the rights of the Muslim popula...