-♻RetweetUN Human Rights Head Condemns European Islamophobia
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 5:53:04 pm PDT
After her appearance with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a hatefest in Tehran presided over by Cuba, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour jet-setted over to Geneva, where she condemned the unwashed masses of Europe for their bigotry and Islamophobia.
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Monday that bigotry and prejudice, especially in regard to Muslims, were common in Europe and called on governments to tackle the issue.
The remarks from the former Canadian Supreme Court judge, which came in the wake of similar charges issued last week by a U.N. rights investigator, were quickly challenged by a leading global non-religious grouping.The report by investigator Doudou Diene of Senegal documented what he called an alarming rise in intolerance, and in particular Islamophobia, in European countries, and Arbour said, “I have no reason not to share his concerns.”



