{"id":1056,"date":"2010-12-09T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T12:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2010-12-09T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T12:56:19","slug":"muslims-urged-to-defy-islamophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/12\/09\/1056\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims urged to defy Islamophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"abdullah-alam\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/abdullah-alam.jpg\" width=\"241\" height=\"173\" \/>A senior member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called on the Islamic countries to take &#8220;a unified stance&#8221; against Islamophobia in the world. Abdullah Alam, the assistant secretary general of the OIC, stressed on the necessity to develop cooperation among Muslim countries.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting with Iran&#8217;s permanent ambassador to the OIC, Hamidreza Dehghani.<br \/>Alam also warned of what he referred to as &#8220;the Zionist conspiracies&#8221; and called on Muslim nations to unify against the enemies of Islam.<br \/>Alam and Dehghani discussed latest developments in the Muslim world and problems facing the Islamic countries.<br \/>The OIC is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations, with 57 member Muslim states.<br \/>The rise of Islamophobia in Europe and the US has increased since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 on the US World Trade Center.<br \/>Many political parties and governments in Europe have adopted opposing stances against the Muslim community.<br \/>Last year, Switzerland imposed a ban on the construction of minarets &#8212; the prayer towers of mosques &#8212; which was passed by a clear public majority in a referendum.<br \/>In a separate move, France passed a law which bans women from wearing the burqa &#8212; a Muslim veil for women that covers their face. The law is due to be put into effect from 2011.<br \/>In 2005, a study by the EU&#8217;s European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia found that, \u201cMuslims are often victims of negative stereotyping, at times reinforced through negative or selective reporting in the media.\u201d<br \/> \u201cIn addition, they are vulnerable to manifestations of prejudice and hatred in the form of anything from verbal threats through to physical attacks on people and property,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Press TV<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has called on the Islamic countries to take &#8220;a unified stance&#8221; against Islamophobia in the world. 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