Egypt’s Islamophobia Observatory Calls to Join Forces Against Hate Crime

Arab World

December 1st, 10:28am

Cairo- Waleed Abdurrahman

The minarets of Sultan Hassan Mosque and the Al-Rifa'i Mosque are seen as a traffic jam forms during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Egypt’s Islamophobia Observatory urged international forces to join efforts to eliminate all religious hate crimes, all forms of racism, xenophobia, and discrimination against the other. More so, the Observatory has praised reaction of Norwegian Muslims over the recent burning of a copy of Islam’s Holy Quran by a Norwegian man. The observatory said in a statement on Saturday that the Norwegian Muslims, who organized an event to recite Holy Quran in the street, were backed by a large number of the Norwegian city of Kristiansand’s inhabitants, who decried the burning that took place this month in their area. The observatory lauded great support offered by Norwegians for the Muslim community in the European country, urging that all countries should exert efforts to uproot all anti-religion and hatred-based crimes. It also urged Muslims in Western countries to organize more similar events to spread tolerance and mercy of Islam, and warned against extremist right-wing groups stoking hatred with irresponsible in contempt of religion and in clear violation of all international laws and customs. “The fires of racism and hate speech do not only affect religious groups, but spread to indiscriminately devour entire communities,” the Observatory warned in a statement.

from Asharq AL-awsat https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2016026/egypt%E2%80%99s-islamophobia-observatory-calls-join-forces-against-hate-crime