[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]The United Nations established the International Day to Against Islamophobia in 2022, which is held annually on March 15 in 140 countries. The date of March 15 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque killings, which killed 51 people.
The UN has accepted a resolution recognising March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, which was put forth by Pakistan and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The resolution was voted three years to the day after a right-wing extremist detonated a bomb at two mosques in New Zealand, killing over 50 Muslims.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has 60 member countries, and the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution declaring March 15 as the International Day to Against Islamophobia. No religion, nation, civilization, or ethnic group should be associated with terrorism or violent extremism, according to the declaration. It calls for an international discussion about cultivating a culture of peace and tolerance based on human rights observance.
Islamophobia
Islamophobia is a fear, prejudice, and hatred of Muslims that leads to provocation, hostility, and intolerance through threatening, harassing, abusing, inciting, and intimidating Muslims and non-Muslims both online and offline. It targets Muslim symbols and emblems because of institutional, intellectual, political, and religious enmity that extends into structural and cultural racism.
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