Muslims Urged To Counter HR Violations, Islamophobia

Tehran, Aug 5, IRNA – Iran's Islamic Human Rights Commission, in a statement on Saturday, urged world Muslims to counter human rights violation and the spread of Islamophobia through advocating human rights. The statement, a copy of which was sent to IRNA, was published on the occasion of the "Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day." Regretting the inaction of international circles including legal bodies and well-known media towards the violation of Muslims rights in certain Arab states such as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the statement noted that their silence would lead to continuation of violation of Muslims' human rights. Referring to terrorist attacks against defenseless Muslims worldwide particularly in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, it said many innocent people have been killed, a large amount of properties destroyed and stability of Muslims communities has been damaged by those attacks. Urging world Muslims to preserve their unity, the commission called for a reasonable cooperation among regional and international advocates of human rights to avoid violation of Muslims' rights./end