Event Alert: UN / Switzerland – Old & new forms of racism - The case of Islamophobia, a side event at Durban Review Conference 23 April 2009 Speakers include: Mohideen Abdul Kader, Asma Jahangir, Babacar BA, Doudo Diene, Daud Abdullah, Michel Warschawski, Massoud Shadjareh and Achmad Cassiem. ----------------------------------------------------- Islamic Human Rights Commission ----------------------------------------------------- 23 April 2009 Event Alert: UN / Switzerland – Old & new forms of racism - The case of Islamophobia, a side event at Durban Review Conference Thursday 23 APRIL 2009 15:00 - 17:00 ROOM XXI Speakers Chair: Mr Mohideen Abdul Kader: Director, Citizen International. Ms. Asma Jahangir: UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Mr Babacar BA: Ambassadeur, Permanent Observer of the OIC. Mr Doudo Diene: Former Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial discrimination, Xenophobia and related intolerance. Dr Daud Abdullah: Deputy Secretary General, Muslim Council of Britain, and Researcher, Palestinian Return Centre Mr Michel Warschawski: Political Activist Campaigner Mr Massoud Shadjareh: Chair, Islamic Human Rights Commission. Imam Achmad Cassiem: Ex-Prisoner of Robben Island (Prisoner Number: 882/64). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information, please contact the office on the numbers or email below ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IHRC is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Please help IHRC by visiting http://www.ihrc.org.uk/catalog and making a donation or buying an item from our on-line store. If you want to subscribe to the IHRC list please send an email to subscribe@ihrc.org If you want to unsubscribe from the IHRC list please send an email from your subscribed email address to unsubscribe@ihrc.org If you are reusing this alert, please cite the source. For more information, please contact the office on the numbers or email below. \"And what reason have you that you should not fight in the way of Allah and of the weak among the men and the women and the children, (of) those who say: Our Lord! Cause us to go forth from this town, whose people are oppressors, and give us from Thee a guardian and give us from Thee a helper.\" Holy Qur\'an: Chapter 4, Verse 75 Join the Struggle for Justice. Join IHRC. Islamic Human Rights Commission PO Box 598 Wembley HA9 7XH United Kingdom Telephone (+44) 20 8904 4222 Fax (+44) 20 8904 5183 Email: info@ihrc.org Web: www.ihrc.org Recommend this article to a friend Your name: Your friend's email address: