'Islamophobia' a Threat to World Security, say Muslim States

'Islamophobia' a Threat to World Security, say Muslim States

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The world's Muslim countries warned Wednesday that an "alarming" rise in anti-Islamic insults and attacks in the West has become a threat to international security.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) called on Europe and America to take stronger measures against 'Islamophobia' in a report prepared for a summit of the group's 57 members in Dakar on Thursday and Friday.

The report by a special OIC monitoring group said the organisation was struggling to get the West to understand that Islamophobia "has dangerous implications on global peace and security" and to convince western powers to do more.

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I can see where this would be a problem. I have personally heard quite a few morons refer to any person of arab descent as a 'towel head' amongst other pleasantries. The fact of the matter is that because of a few radical extremists, a huge portion of the Islamic sect has been unfairly branded. It will take a while to re-educate many folks on that fact.

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[edit on 12-3-2008 by DimensionalDetective]