At the UN in Geneva, the Geneva Center for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue with the support of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, arranged this panel discussion for the fight against the scourge of so called “Islamophobia”.  Participants included:

Jean-Francois Kammer, Counsellor, Order of Malta at the UN Geneva; Idriss Jazairy, Resident Member of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, Board of Management; Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, Chairman of the Board, Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue; Trevor Mostyn, Journalist, Lecturer of “Islam and the Modern World” at Oxford University; Tehmina Janjua, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva; Doudou Diène, former Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Member of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Turkish Parliament and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;  Cheikh Khaled Bentounès, Spiritual Guide of the Tarika Alawiyya, Founding President of the Moslem Scout Movement of France; and Roberto Savio, INPS | Adviser, Publisher of OtherNews and Founder of Inter Press Service: (Copyright PAX PRESS AGENCY, 1 May 2016)