AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday called on its member states to sponsor art and media production with the aim of combating Islamophobia.
The move aims “to clarify and strengthen the tolerant principles of Islam calling for coexistence, tolerance, and respect for the other and renouncing violence, intolerance, and hatred,” Information Department Director Wajdi Ali Sindi told an emergency meeting of the OIC States Broadcasting Union (OSBU).
The meeting discussed mechanisms for confronting the desecration of religious sanctities in the media in the wake of last week’s desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
Sindi said the OIC is working with its partners “to enhance understanding of the responsible use of freedom of expression in the media, and to establish national mechanisms to hold accountable the media that continue to feed hate speech and intolerance, and implementing the OIC media strategy to combat Islamophobia.”
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