Urgent .. Sheikh Al -Azhar calls on the United Nations to create databases to document racist practices against Muslims
His Excellency the Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al -Tayeb, Sheikh of Al -Azhar Al -Sharif, Chairman of the Council of Muslim Elderly, said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, on the occasion of: Celebrating the International Day for the Combating Islamophobia, that this celebration of this International Day came as a culmination of grateful efforts, which the burden of the Islamic Group of States to the United Nations, to confront this phenomenon, is not reasonable or logical, which has become a real threat to peace The global. It fights it, and cuts the way to the philosophy of drawing behind the ready -made judgments, and the humiliating submission to the distress stereotypes that some are trying to attach to Islam, which are often employed in a popular manner, by some of the extremist right groups to achieve narrow political gains.
& nbsp; & laquo; Islam & raquo; Dear from the same word of peace in Arabic. It is an expression of the values that the message of this true religion brought values: mercy, love, coexistence, tolerance and brotherhood among all people of different colors, beliefs, languages and races, which is confirmed by the words of God Almighty in his wise book:﴿ And we have sent you only a mercy to the worlds [الأنبياء: 107]This verse that embodies the essence of the message of Islam, and it raises the values of brotherhood, justice and tolerance between the children of Adam, as they are brothers from one father and one mother.
& nbsp; By the Almighty’s saying in the Noble Qur’an:﴿ There is no kindness in religion [البقرة: 256]. From here, history witnessed that & laquo; Islam & raquo; The religion of peace with distinction, and that his call is a call for acquaintance and cooperation and rejecting conflict and division, and that the tolerance of this religion is not just a lawsuit that is lacking in the evidence, but rather a reality experienced by many societies in the East as in the West, and for the course of an improved centuries, and its introduction as an integral part of its identity and mission to the whole world.
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The phenomenon of & laquo; the pathological fear of Islam & raquo;, was only a product of ignorance of the truth and grace of this great religion, and deliberate attempts to distort its principles based on peace and coexistence, and that is a natural result of the right -wing media and right -wing letters, which remained for long periods that depict Islam as a religion of violence and extremism, in a lie that is the largest in contemporary history, based on wrong interpretations And the exploitation of a malicious cunning of ugly military operations, committed by groups far from Islam, and how this religion that is not complete the faith of his followers except with their faith in the principle of their sacred book, which God addressed all the creation in the Almighty saying: O you people, we created you from those who are mentioned Peoples and tribes to know [الحجرات: 13]How can he turn into a religion that calls for extremism, terrorism, violence and blood? Is it not true, fair and fair to be called his true name, which God wanted for him: a religion of acquaintance, tolerance, mercy and cooperation?! And that his fear of him and his followers is a disease that allocates hospitals and care houses !!
& nbsp; And hatred, and we are imposed on us to ignite the candles of wisdom in the tunnels of stereotypes and their dark darkness .. The dialogue between religions and cultures is no longer a luxury today, but an existential necessity to save humanity from the clutches of ignorance and misunderstand The other.
& nbsp; In response to the human conscience that we must do so, that we are up to the speeches of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence, and to work together to issue binding legislation, and to launch awareness campaigns that sow the seeds of tolerance in the soil of consciousness, and enhance the culture of mutual respect; Let us cooperate in making a speech capable of restoring the ties of understanding, solidarity and brotherhood between peoples. The Almighty said:﴿ And if your Lord will make it possible for people one nation, and they will not be dispersed. [هود: 118]And that this diversity is rich, not a conflict, and that the fight against Islamophobia is not a banner of a banner without another, but rather the battle of every conscience whose heart beats with the love of justice.
& nbsp; Toward the exacerbation of this exotic phenomenon, after the efforts were united between them and went to open the doors of dialogue between the West East, which culminated in the launch of the historical human brother’s document, which was signed by his eminence with his brother His Holiness Pope Francis, the Pope of the Catholic Church, in Abu Dhabi in 2019, in addition to organizing a number of international intellectual conferences, sending scientific convoys to the pamphlet, and preparing generations of preachers And expatriates as ambassadors in the international convoys of peace that roamed the east and west The establishment of the Al -Azhar Observatory to combat extremism, which is concerned with clarifying the correct concepts of religion for Muslims and non -Muslims in various parts of the world, as well as confronting extremist thought, terrorist groups and violence movements, monitoring violence against Muslims, which are sent by the phenomenon of Islamophobia, through a daily monitoring of violence around the world, and encouraging the positive interaction to combat this dangerous phenomenon in the societies that spread in it. His eminence expressed his regret for the escalation of the waves of this phenomenon, despite all these great efforts, this phenomenon still expands – unfortunately – and is nourished by populist speeches for the extreme right that exploits the aspects of individual and collective weakness, so we remind us that the battle is long -standing, and that the challenge requires us to double efforts, and we create mechanisms that keep pace with the complications that accompany these The phenomenon. And the creation of comprehensive and updated databases to document crimes and ethnic and racist practices against Muslims because of their religion, and monitoring the laws and policies that constitute a deepening of the phenomenon, or represent solutions that help to address it, and so that it eventually aims to formulate laws and legislation that stops this phenomenon, and it sends – instead – promoting values: dialogue, tolerance and coexistence Humanity.
& nbsp; Let us make one hand, governments and organizations, to create a mechanism for monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions and initiatives aimed at combating Islamophobia, including major performance indicators, and creates a world in which the sun of justice and coexistence shines, and the science of brotherhood is fled in the sky.
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