The UN showed an implicit response to OIC and Sawt Alhikma Center’s call to declare March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, after SG António Guterres joined an OIC event at the UN headquarters in NY on Wednesday, to commemorate the first anniversary of this day.
Sawt Al-Hikma Center of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) calls on the OIC member states, all states of the world, governmental and non-governmental organizations and all human rights and religious freedom activists, to urge the United Nations to declare March 15 of every year as International Day of Solidarity against Islamophobia.
UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed, said Islamophobia reached epidemic proportions in Europe, stressing that counter-terrorism measures are used to target Muslims and define their communities as extremely risky, he urged action to combat anti-Muslim hatred.
Muslim families filed a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee against the Sri Lankan policy for burning the bodies of coronavirus victims, regarding it as a breach of their religious rights and a source of deep grief for the families of the deceased.
UN observers reported that Al Qaeda leader in Yemen, "Khaled Batarfi" was captured months ago and his second in command "Saad Alawlaki" was killed last October, making it a strong hit to the terrorist orgnization.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain proposed a resolution that led to a unanimous decision at the UN General Assembly to declare February 4 of every year as International Day of Human Fraternity, which promotes intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
The Israeli occupation carried out the largest demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank in the past decade. 73 people, including 41 children, in Khirbet Humsu in the Jordan Valley became homeless, which the UN considered a breach of international law.
An independent committee of experts, affiliated with the UN, requested Denmark to stop the controversial sale of apartments in a Copenhagen neighborhood, inhabited by 2,500 immigrants, who are mostly Muslims from Africa and the Middle East.
A few days ago, the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance & Non Violence 2020 started accepting nominations. It aims to honor individuals who promote non-violence all over the world. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2020.
The Secretary-General of the UN decided to circulate the Document on #HumanFraternity in 194 countries. It was signed by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and Pope Francis of VaticanCity last February in Abu Dhabi.
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