\u201cThe increasing role of the extreme right in Western politics is beyond our abilities to counter them\u201d<\/p>\n
12:02 | Posted by Cheradenine Zakalwe<\/p>\n
JEDDAH, 8 Safar\/Jan 3 (IINA)-Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said that the European Union offered to host the third meeting of the \u2018Istanbul Process\u2019, which deliberates, in a series of meetings, on developing mechanisms to implement UNHRC Resolution 16\/18 on combating intolerance, discrimination and incitement to violence based on religion ore belief.<\/p>\n
The Secretary General of Islamic Cooperation in his office in Jeddah on Tuesday 30 January 2012 pointed out that the EU\u2019s offer to host the meeting represents a qualitative shift in action against the phenomenon of Islamophobia, which spread in many European countries, targeting the Muslim communities there.<\/p>\n
The phenomenon of Islamophobia is found in the West in general, but is growing in European countries in particular and in a manner different than that in the US, which had contributed to drafting Resolution 16\/18. The new European position represents the beginning of the shift from their previous reserve over the years over the attempts by the OIC to counter \u201cdefamation of religions\u201d in the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations.<\/p>\n
Officials in the Cultural Affairs Department of the OIC said that the European Union\u2019s offer to host the third meeting (the first was in Istanbul in July and the second in Washington DC in December) is considered a promising new possibility of solving this problem. The \u2018Istanbul Process\u2019 will have an added momentum by holding the meeting in Europe, which is more affected by the phenomenon of Islamophobia and hostility towards Islam.<\/p>\n
However, Ihsanoglu said that the growing role of the extreme right in politics in several European countries has become stronger than the capacity of the Organization, explaining that the extreme right, who hates Muslims, became leverage in the hands of politicians. He added that the rise of the extreme right through elections has become an issue that cannot be countered, considering the democratic way in which these extremist reach their positions. He pointed out to the referendum held in Switzerland, as an example, which resulted in suspending the construction of minarets there following a vote by the Swiss people.<\/p>\n
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Labels: Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Istanbul Process, OIC, Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation<\/p>\n
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