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Building Bridges: Norway attacks reinforce need for united stand against intolerance, Islam and Pluralism, NewAgeIslam.com



Islam and Pluralism
22 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com

Building Bridges: Norway attacks reinforce need for united stand against intolerance


By Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
20 August 2011
The horrific and tragic incident that happened in Norway reminds us again of the importance of combating religious intolerance and promoting cultural understanding.
Anti-Islam and anti-Muslim attitudes and activities, known as Islamophobia, are increasingly finding place in the agenda of ultra-right wing political parties and civil societies in the West in their anti-immigrant and anti-multiculturalism policies, as was evident in the manifesto of the Norway killer.

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