“240 million proud Indian Muslims living in India…”: Asaduddin Owaisi Slams Pakistan’s “False Propaganda” in Middle East Outreach

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack on Pakistan for projecting its conflict with India as a religious issue, warning that Islamabad's efforts to frame it as a Hindu-Muslim dispute are misleading and dangerous.

Speaking during an interaction in Saudi Arabia, where he is part of an Indian parliamentary delegation for a global outreach initiative, Owaisi said Pakistan is spreading “false propaganda” in the Arab and Muslim world.

“It is most unfortunate that Pakistan gives out a wrong message to the Arab world and the Muslim world that we are a Muslim country and India is not,” he said.
“There are 240 million proud Indian Muslims living in India. Our Islamic scholars are much better than any scholar in the world. They can speak the best of the Arabic language,” added Owaisi.

Asaduddin Owaisi argued that Pakistan’s portrayal of India as hostile to Muslims was entirely fabricated. He stressed that the problem lay in Islamabad’s continued support for terrorism, not in India’s treatment of its Muslim population “This is Pakistan’s false propaganda — that India is hurting them because they are a Muslim country. If Pakistan stops backing terrorist groups, there will be stability in South Asia,” he said.

In a pointed reference to Pakistan’s military strength, Owaisi mocked the country’s claims, citing the Indian military’s recent strikes in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack. “What happened on May 9th? Their nine airbases were targeted. If India had wanted, we could have completely damaged those airbases. But we wanted to show them a mirror and say, ‘We are warning you. Don’t do it. Don’t force us to go on that path.’” He also revealed that nine terrorist organisation headquarters were targeted, and expressed shock that the individual who led prayers for the dead terrorists was a US-designated terrorist.

Owaisi emphasised the need to clamp down on Pakistan’s terror infrastructure through financial pressure, urging international bodies to act. “Pakistan must be brought back to the FATF grey list. That is how we will be able to control this terror financing of all these terrorist organisations,” he said.

The AIMIM MP alleged that high-level military and terrorist links remain in Pakistan, claiming that when Pakistan’s current army chief Asim Munir was appointed, Mohammad Ehsan — a US-designated terrorist — was seen shaking hands with him. “There is clear evidence of Pakistan’s involvement. These terror groups are prospering over there, they are being trained over there, and the whole task is to destabilise India to create more Hindu-Muslim riots.”

Referring to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Owaisi recounted how the Indian government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had handed over extensive evidence to Pakistan. “After 26/11, Indian investigators went to Pakistan, gave them all the evidence, but nothing moved forward. What made Pakistan act was when it was put on the FATF grey list,” he said.

He highlighted how Pakistan had previously claimed that Sajid Mir, one of the main accused in the 26/11 attacks, was dead. However, under international pressure, the country admitted he was alive and eventually convicted him — though not for terrorism. “They were convicted of money laundering, not for terrorism. The main culprits are still scot-free,” asserted Owaisi.


Owaisi also praised India’s legal response to the Mumbai attacks, particularly the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist. “The Indian legal system followed all the due process of law. Kasab was sentenced to death. Our agencies recorded audio conversations where handlers in Pakistan instructed terrorists to kill as many Indians as possible, promising them entry to Jannat.”

The Indian delegation Owaisi is part of is led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda and includes BJP leaders Nishikant Dubey, Phangnon Konyak, Rekha Sharma, Satnam Singh Sandhu, and former diplomat Harsh Shringla. The group has so far visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria, as part of India’s diplomatic push following the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.​