Author: Mary Elizabeth Hansen
Publication: www.dhimmi.com
Date: August 29, 2001
Coalition for the Defense of Human
Rights
"Radical Islamism, a form of religio-racism,"
should be condemned at UN Racism Conference, Human Rights Group says.
The Coalition for the Defense of
Human Rights (CDHR), an umbrella coalition representing minority religious
and ethnic communities from around the world, today called on the World
Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa, to condemn "Radical
Islamism as form of religio-racism."
In a letter to Secretary-General,
Kofi Annan, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, the
Coalition asked that the voices and plights of those oppressed, enslaved
and murdered by adherents of the ideology of "Radical Islamism -- a deviation
from Islam - be heard at the Conference.
Coalition spokesperson, Mary Elizabeth
Hansen said, "Radical Islamism is not the religion of Islam, founded by
Mohammed 13 centuries ago. It is a 20th Century movement based on a totalitarian
ideology, which promotes violence and militancy in the form of Jihad. Its
segregationist view of society - based on the concept of "dhimmitude -
is racist, intolerant, xenophobic, supremacist, discriminatory, anti-democratic,
and has become genocidal."
CDHR, which represents Hindus, Buddhists,
Bahais, Humanist Muslims, Copts, Assyrians, Syriacs, Southern Sudanese,
Maronites, Southern Phillipinos, West Africans, Ibos, Slavic Christians,
Armenians, Arab Christians, Nubians, secular intellectuals, and women_s
groups, published today on its website, (www.dhimmi.com) a Declaration
entitled "Radical Islamism = Racism = Genocide: Jihad-Islamism (not Islam)
abuses human rights worldwide."
The Declaration argues that "Radical
Islamists persecute the Copts in Egypt; in Sudan, they massacre and enslave
the Dinkas, in Lebanon, they terrorize the Christians; in Nigeria, they
butchered Biafran Ibos and oppress the Christians. In Iraq and Syria, secular
radical regimes - penetrated by Jihadic norms suppress native Christian
cultures. In Iran, they persecute Christians and Bahais; in Kashmir, they
wage a terrorist war against the Hindu minority; in the southern Philippines,
they terrorize Catholics and kidnap foreigners; in East Timor, they endorse
ethnic cleansing against Christians; in Indonesia, they routinely assault
the native Christians, particularly in the Moluccas."
"Radical Islamism is a world ideology,
fielding a world terror-army, and now oppresses millions with its racist
ideology. This threat to world peace and racial, ethnic and religious harmony
needs to be urgently addressed at the UN Conference," said Hansen.
