You must be nicer to Muslims, Britain is told by UN human rights chiefs

Religion News Blog, Amsterdam, Netherlands July 25, 2008 News Summary ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 21842 • Posted: Friday July 25, 2008 More articles on this topic: Islam You must be nicer to Muslims, Britain is told by UN human rights chiefs Britain was told yesterday by a United Nations committee to take firm action to combat ‘negative public attitudes’ towards Muslims. The nine-member human rights committee also criticised some of the UK’s antiterror measures. The body, which is composed of legal experts, said it was concerned ‘ negative public attitudes towards Muslim members of society’ continued to develop in Britain. The Government ’should take energetic measures to eliminate this phenomenon and ensure that authors of such acts of discrimination on the basis of religion are adequately deterred and sanctioned’. The... [read full story]