The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) expresses its deep concern regarding the safety of Muslim communities in the United States, and Europe especially after the rise of the level of hate crimes and acts of discrimination that these communities have been subjected to because of the association of Islam with terrorism by extremist forces in the west.
The latest incident where 3 Muslim Students were killed in North Carolina by 46 year old American citizen Craig Stephen Hicks after a dispute with one of them over parking space is the last of a chain of systematic violations in the form of hate speech and violence committed against Muslim communities in these countries. Because of the wrong perception that terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda, and ISIS genuinely represent Islam, some misinformed, extremist, racist elements in western society have taken a very hostile stance towards Muslim communities in their countries, which subjected them to both verbal and physical offenses, and violations. These offenses constitute a clear transgression of international human rights law, especially that International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which prohibits all forms of racial discrimination.
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