“The growing trend of Islamophobia that seeks to defame and denigrate Islam through distortion and misperception and subject Muslims to face racially motivated discrimination and xenophobic treatment, is an issue of great concern for Muslims,” Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, OIC Secretary General, told Khaleej Times in an exclusive interview here.
Asked if this issue could be brought in the ambit of the interfaith dialogue initiated by the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, and the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilisations, and how helpful would that be, the secretary-general said that the interfaith dialogues and the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilisations are forums designed to pave the way for a better understanding among different cultures, religions, and civilisations.
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OIC Favours International Law Against Defamation of Religion
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