Intolerance against Muslims
          

This section provides an overview of international commitments and documents, including the declarations adopted by the participating States of the OSCE, which have committed themselves to promoting educational programmes to combat intolerance and discrimination against Muslims.

The section also provides materials, documents, local and national activities, practices and initiatives to counter intolerance and discrimination against Muslims and in the field of education relating to intolerance and discrimination against Muslims.

Finally the section provides access to reports and publications covering a wide range of topics such as hate crime, integration and respect for diversity, religious accommodation, and the impact of security measures on Muslims in the context of the fight against terrorism.

Links to organizations, institutions and networks active in the field of education on intolerance and discrimination against Muslims can be found here as well as links to concrete practices and initiatives in this field.

Latest documents and publications
[Report on the visit] of the Personal Representatives of the Chair-in-Office to Canada, 15-16 October 2009, Ottawa and Toronto
OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)
Published: Vienna : OSCE, 28 July 2010

Doc.no. CIO.GAL/71/10/Rev.1


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Material type: report about specific country/ies
Subject: anti-racism - national action plan - multiculturalism - Islamophobia - anti-Semitism - hate crime
Country coverage: Canada

Astana Declaration by the Chairperson-in-Office
OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)
Published: Astana : OSCE, 30 June 2010

Meeting: OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (Astana, 29-30 June 2010)


Doc.no. CIO.GAL/111/10


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Material type: declaration
Subject: tolerance - anti-discrimination - anti-racism - anti-Gypsyism - anti-Semitism - Islamophobia - xenophobia - freedom of religion or belief - Christianophobia - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Country coverage: OSCE region

Statement by Ambassador Adil Akhmetov, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims
Akhmetov, Adil ; OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)
Published: Astana : OSCE, 29 June 2010

Meeting: OSCE High Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination (Plenary session 1, Combating intolerance and discrimination against Muslims : Astana, 29-30 June 2010)


Doc.no. CIO.GAL/109/10


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Material type: speech
Subject: Islamophobia - discrimination - hate crime - data collection - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Country coverage: OSCE region




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Warsaw
27 September - 8 October 2010
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Vienna
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Astana
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Key documents
Hate crimes in the OSCE region : incidents and responses - annual report for 2008
ODIHR
16 November 2009
An annual report for 2008 on hate crimes and state responses within the OSCE region. Available on CD.
Press release
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Muslims in Spain : a reference guide
Casa Arabe
20 April 2009
Press release
Hate crimes in the OSCE region : incidents and responses - annual report for 2007
ODIHR
6 October 2008
The aim of the report is to provide an overview of practical efforts and measures undertaken by governments and civil society to combat violent and non-violent manifestations of hate and to promote mutual respect and understanding.
Toledo guiding principles on teaching about religions and beliefs in public schools
ODIHR
27 November 2007
Developed in co-operation with education experts, aimed at legislators and schools, these guidelines offer guidance on preparing curricula for teaching about religions and beliefs, preferred procedures and standards for assuring fairness in the development of curricula and their implementation.
Press release
Policies on integration and diversity in some OSCE participating States : an exploratory study prepared by the Migration Policy Group
MPG
3 July 2006
Report written in response to the request of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to the High Commissioner on National Minorities to initiate a comparative study of the integration policies of established democracies and analyse the effects on the position of new minorities". The report compares the integration policies of Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, and offers a guide to policy and practice across the seven countries concerned, noting trends and changes, and comparing strengths and weaknesses along the way.
Combating hate crimes in the OSCE region : an overview of statistics, legislation and national initiatives
ODIHR
15 September 2005
This report covers information received by participating States in response to a series of five Notes Verbales sent by the ODIHR in 2004, requesting relevant information relating to hate crimes, including statistics, legislation, and national initiatives.
Press release