Civil organizations call on the European Union to combat Islamophobia

Dozens of civil society organizations active in Europe blamed the European Union institutions for the failure to combat Islamophobia.

In a letter addressed to the institutions of the European Union, 41 European organizations expressed their concern over the failure of the Union’s institutions to take any action that would combat anti-Islam.

The organizations emphasized that “the European Council resolutions on racism and combating anti-Semitism did not contribute to ensuring a solution to the structural and institutional discrimination in Europe against Africans and Asians, not only Muslims.”

It pointed out that the Council’s decisions led to a hierarchy between the forms of racism, noting that the Council rejected a request made by the European Commission to Combat Racism in order to give the highest priority to combating anti-Muslim racism.

Humanitarian organizations expressed their concern over the European Union’s refusal to declare the anniversary of the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand as a global day to combat Islamophobia.
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