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"Today the world of Islam is faced with a huge volume of opposition against Islamic culture
and beliefs, which has become known as Islamophobia.
Islamophobia in today?s world is not necessarily is
not a phenomenon associated to the
subject of religion, but on the contrary it?s a pur
poseful attack against human rights and
peace. Our evidence is the purposeful and organized
incitements, destruction of religious
sites, and killing of Muslims around the world thro
ugh different means which is with the
aim of forcing the reaction of Muslim extremists and therefore to conclude that it?s an
apparent religious war. The recent tragedies in Mya
nmar, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Bahrain
are some examples of the above which show the conce
pts of Islamophobia in its worst
forms..."...Written NGO statement to the 23th Session of UN Human Rights Council.
Source/publisher:
Organization for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV) via UN Human Rights Council (A/HRC/23/NGO/100)
Date of Publication:
2013-04-27
Date of entry:
2015-09-18
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English
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