Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia to start joint English TV channel to confront Islamophobia

• PM said misperceptions which bring people together against Muslims would be corrected through channel.
• "Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence," the PM tweeted.
• Series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate world, the PM said.

In order to confront challenges posed by Islamphobia, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia have decided to start an English channel to set the record straight about Islam.

Prime Minister Imran Khan took to his official Twitter handle to announce that he, along with Turkish President Recep Erodogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have decided to jointly start a television channel.

The PM said that through this channel, misperceptions which bring people together against Muslims would be corrected, adding that issue of blasphemy would also be properly contextualized. "Series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate/inform our own people and the world; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence," the premier added.

President Erdogan, PM Mahatir and myself had a meeting today in which we decided our 3 countries would jointly start an English language channel dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion - Islam.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 25, 2019

On Wednesday, the premier and Erdogan hosted a high-level roundtable meeting on countering hate speech. Both reiterated that hate speech was the worst crimes against humanity. "Marginalisation of any community leads to radicalisation," the PM said.