This is not the first time that the United States has called out the role of Pakistan government and other institutions in suppressing the identity and curtailing the rights of minorities.
Senior BJP leader and former Union Cabinet Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said that for decades Muslim votes are being "chewed like chewing gum" and "chucked like castaway".
Condemning Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto for his derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kul Hind Imaam Association president Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Saturday said Muslims in India can speak freely unlike many Muslim countries.
Hazrat Syed Naseruddin Chishty of Ajmer Sharif Dargah has condemned Pakistan for the venomous language used by its Foreign Minister against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He appealed to the world on the same day when Britain announced sanctions against a Muslim cleric Maulana Abdul Haq alias Mian Mithu for forced conversion of non-Muslims in Pakistan's Sindh province.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government wants students of the migrant muslims to become doctors, and engineers instead of becoming Junab, Imam "by studying in Madrasas".
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that there is a need to change the system of men marrying three-four women to give justice to Muslim women.
With mob attacks and killings becoming a regular affair against the Ahmadiyya community, Pakistan has become a country where the people of this community are subjected to extensive persecution including hate speech and violence with at least 13 killed and 40 wounded from the community since
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Tuesday inaugurated a multi-faith crematorium built by the state government for the last rites of Hindus, Christians and Muslims at Fatullaguda.
Pakistan's Ahmadi community is routinely subjected to discrimination which often enjoys legal, and state sanctions resulting in the rise of extremism against them in the country.