European Muslim Initiative

“Prevention of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing” symposium 9-10 July 2013 Sarajevo/Bosnia  Draft Agenda First Day:  9 July 2013 10.00 - 14.00 Arrival of participants and guests 14.30 Departure from hotel to exhibition 15.00  Exhibition : “From Khojaly to Srebrenica” (in Novi Pazar) 16.30  Departure from exhibition to the : Meeting in Parliament, Local protocol, Religious Communities, International Organizations and media 17.30  Cultural

CONCEPT 1.    Background 1.1.        Srebrenica/Khojaly massacres In February 1992, amidst the bitter conflict for the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave between the Republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the city of Khojaly, already heavily shelled and without power for months, came under organized and sustained attack by Armenian forces. The majority of Azerbaijani inhabitants was forced to flee the enclave but was ambushed by Armenian military patrols

On 11-12 April 2013 the Migration and Politics Research Centre of the University of Hacettepe (HUGO) in Ankara, Turkey held an international symposium on ‘Migration, Islam and Multiculturality’, organised in cooperation with Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS) in UK, UNESCO-MOST Turkey, International Migration Organisation (IOM), The European Union Harmonization Committee of Turkish Parliament and EMISCO. The symposium was honoured by the

To find out how far anti-Islam opinions and practices have reached and how these effect Muslim communities and even the majority societies in Europe, ENAR - the European Network Against Racism asked all its 27 co-ordinations in EU to focus on Islamophobia in their yearly reports of 2011-2012. The finding of the reports confirmed, what many Muslim groups have been warning against for years - a widespread Islamophobia is very prevalent in all sections

Press Release – Situation regarding children under protection in Netherlands Strasbourg, 17 March 2013 Deputy Prime Minister of Netherlands, Mr Asscher has stated that it should be normal to give children of ethnic and religious minorities to gay and Lesbian protector families. He went further and openly suggested that Holland have to build a statue to honor the courage of that gay family, which took the Turkish children under its protection. EMISCO

Meeting of the Governing Board of EMISCO in Brussels 8 January 2013 EMISCO was established on 18th December 2010 in The Hague-Holland and after that founding meeting, the Board had four official meetings. This present meeting in Brussels coincided with EMISCO’s special event, which took place the day after the Board meeting on 9th January 2013. In a way, it was a good omen for EMISCO to start the New Year with an important event in the heart of

“A New Challenge for Social Cohesion: Protecting and Promoting Fundamental Rights for Muslim Communities” International Colloquium 09 Janvier 2013 European Parliament  Objectives of the Colloquium European democracies are encountering deep socio-economical, political and societal crisis. European democracies, which have been known for respecting the fundamental rights of its citizens, are experiencing the rise of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

Building Coalitions to fight against Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other form of intolerance in the context of Intercultural and interdependent societies.  Monday, 1st October 2012 13.00 - 15.00 Hotel Sofitel Victoria - Meeting room 2 OSCE HDIM - WARSAW  Today, more and more people are committing themselves to the ideals of a just, equal and peaceful society in which people of different religions, ethnicities and cultures can happily

Press Release: Movie on prophet Mohammed After the release of a short incendiary movie; Innocence of Muslims, which stupidly and wrongly depicts the Prophet Mohammad as a sex-crazed sadist prone to acts of unspeakable violence, a womanizer, pedophile, and homosexual, and Islam as violent, dangerous and a cancer. The movie has caused wide spread demonstrations in many Muslim countries, resulting in violence against western embassies and tragic loss

Press Release - Forum for Future of European Democracies and Muslim Communities “European Muslims gather in Turkey to discuss their future” Strasbourg, 11 May 2012 The Forum for Future of European Democracies and Muslim Communities, addressing in specific European Muslims and their future, co-organized by EMISCO and COJEP International, was held in Istanbul on 10-11 May 2012 with the kind hospitality of Istanbul Commerce University’s EU Center.