Today, it is very important to join our efforts to building Trust and Co-operation between civil society and law enforcement agencies in combating anti-Muslim hate crimes. Actually, EMISCO and other ethnic and religious minority NGOs and individuals are extremely worried about the ever increasing xenophobia, racism, racial profiling and anti-Islam statements and the ever increasing hate crimes in OSCE Member States. Since Muslims are being particularly targeted now, the purpose of this roundtable is to review the possibilities of cooperation between Muslim minorities and law enforcement agencies in the fight against hate crimes. At first, we found that violations of Human Rights of Muslim migrants by law enforcement agencies destroyed the relationship of mutual trust. Migrants who are systematically suspected as potential perpetrators are not able to report hate crimes that affect them to these institutions. This fact must be resolved. After that, the next step in the fight against hate crimes will require closer collaboration. For this it is necessary to inform the police about the specificity of hate crimes that affect Muslims in order to establish an action plan and an effective road map. All civil society organizations that care about these issues have a role to play in this area and should be engaged.
Side Event during the next OSCE Review Conference in Warsaw on
8 October 2010
EMISCO with its partners and the support of Council of Europe, COJEP International, ISESCO and Organisation of Islamic Conference have launched a contest to select the most beautiful existing Minaret in Europe through a photographic competition which was closed today.
At UNOG, on Friday, 10 December 2010, EMISCO will participate to the Colloquium organised by COJEP International on "Radicalizations as Threats for our Democracies".
Today, it is very important to join our efforts to building Trust and Co-operation between civil society and law enforcement agencies in combating anti-Muslim hate crimes.
Press Release
Emisco Manifesto
On 18th of December 2010, participants from various countries gathered in The Hague, in The Netherlands, to discuss the idea of creating a vibrant network with the involvement and support of other similar-minded stakeholders. Their belief is that a fuller and better participation of Muslim communities in the societies in which they live requires a new thinking, extra resources and closer cooperation through an in-depth consultation process. It was also mentioned at the meeting that an active participation of Muslim minorities in all spheres of their new homes would make true mutual integration possible, where sense of belonging and judicial protection would be facilitated. A decision was taken to call the new organization European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion - EMISCO. The initiative is an independent, non-religious, non-party political and non-governmental body.More...
Recent Discussions
Dear President Obama,
As a great supporter and admirer of your energetic position and efforts on improving relations between USA with the Islamic world, I was both heartened and sad by your recent statements concerning the whole proposed incident of Quran burning in Florida.
Let me first explain why, I with a non-practicing Muslim background felt disappointed and hurt. More...