New York: Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the aim of the Women in Islam Conference is to eliminate the existing misconceptions regarding Islam and women’s rights.
Islam is the only religion that talked about women’s rights that other religions.
Pakistani Foreign Minister participated in the Women in Islam Conference organized on the occasion of International Women’s Day in New York.
Talking to the media on this occasion, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that in this conference, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and other Islamic countries have gathered to represent the rights of women.
The entire Muslim Ummah agrees on one thing that Islam is the only religion which first discussed the rights of women.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the purpose of this conference is to eliminate the wrong concept in the world regarding the rights of women in Islam.
He further said that women ministers in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh are proof that Islam gives full representation to women in all spheres of life.
The participating women described the Women in Islam Conference as a good effort and said that in the international forum not only the rights of the Muslim Ummah but the rights of women of the whole world were discussed.
Women issues should also be raised at the national and international level.
The female participants said that not only the Muslim Ummah but the rights of women are being violated in the whole world.
There is a dire need to raise the same voice for women’s rights.
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