Secretary General: For effectiveness in fight against Islamophobia, UN and EP should adopt documents and laws

For the effectiveness of the fight against Islamophobia, the UN and the European Parliament should adopt laws and documents, Secretary General of the World Muslim Communities Council, Mohammad Bechari said at the international conference on "Islamophobia as a Specific Form of Racism and Discrimination: New Global and Transnational Challenges", Report informs.

According to him, the mass media in the West have caused the creation of stereotypes about Islam and Muslims and, consequently, the creation of hatred against Islam: "In order to strengthen the values of coexistence, to prevent hatred of religions and incitement to hatred in general, certain changes should be made in the legislation of Western countries. We should try to achieve this through our lobbies and fight the problem of Islamophobia together. In this case, we can achieve some positive progress in this matter. Our fight against Islamophobia will not be effective enough unless we achieve the adoption of a bill related to the problem in the UN or the European Parliament."