The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed ‘deep concern’ over the acts of ‘violence and vandalism’ and targeting of Muslim community in several states in India during the Ram Navami processions, including the burning of a madrasa and its library by an “extremist Hindu mob” in Bihar Sharif on March 31, 2023.

In a statement, the OIC denounced “such provocative acts of violence and vandalism”, which are a vivid manifestation of mounting “Islamophobia and systemic targeting” of the Muslim community in India. The OIC General Secretariat called upon the Indian authorities to take firm actions against the instigators and perpetrators of such acts and to ensure the safety, security, rights, and dignity of the Muslim community in the country.