Opinion: The new International Day to Combat Islamophobia is not only a reminder of the violence of white supremacists but also a major step towards making people and institutions conscious of a growing problem that even some political leaders deny.
But there are also movements in the right direction. The Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance has recently adopted aon preventing and combating “anti-Muslim racism and discrimination.” Importantly, this recommendation does not only find a precise word to name the problem beyond usual titles used by European institutions such as hate, crime and discrimination. It very deliberately challenges the structural dimension of the problem.
This also seems to have been on the mind of Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, who introduced the resolution on behalf of the OIC. He cited the UN’s special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief,: “Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, institutional suspicion and fear of Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim has escalated to epidemic proportions.”
Such an institutional approach clearly turns the question towards the UN itself, given its central role in creating the global framework for deradicalisationthat have harmed many fundamental freedoms and have been legitimised in the backdrop of an imagined Muslim threat. Despite the fact that countries like China, which has more than a bad record when it comes to religious freedom in general and
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