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  • U.N.'s Annan targets wave of anti-Muslim bigotry

    12/07/2004 11:37:26 AM PST · by kattracks · 54 replies · 1,466+ views
    Reuters ^ | 12/07/04 | Irwin Arieff
    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Countering a surge in anti-Islamic bigotry requires urgent action by Muslims as well as non-Muslims, governments, the media and educators, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday. Muslims must condemn and isolate extremists who target and kill civilians in the name of their religion and governments must make good on commitments to protect Muslims from discrimination, Annan told a seminar on Islam and intolerance at U.N. headquarters. At the same time, others must recognize that anti-Western feelings of some Muslims have been fed by a history of colonialism and domination by the West and...