Faith Associates invited across Europe to talk about Mosque Security

December 15, 2019
Posted by: Faith Associates
Categories: Blog, News, Press Release, Mosque Security EU

Faith Associates through its Mosque Security project has been invited to a number of European cities over the past month to talk about Mosque Security the protection of places of worship. We have been invited by the European Commission, OSHIR and the Nordic Safe Cities to present our work on protecting places of worship and share best practices with European partners.

We have been invited by the European Commission to travel to Brussels twice to speak at the European Union over the past month. On the 7th October 2019 we presented the work we have been doing on Mosque Security in the UK in front of the EU commission and CSO organisations from across Europe, sharing best practices and experiences.

We returned on the 2nd December 2019 to build on the 7th October meeting by being one of two organisations from across Europe to present our work on Mosque security and protection faith institutions. We presented our work i& shared best practices n front of 15 EU member states with other cso organisations also in attendance.

Faith Associates was invited by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to Oslo for the Consultative Expert Meeting on Understanding Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Muslim Communities.

Deadly and painful anti-Muslim hate crimes are a fact in many participating States of the OSCE region. Such attacks target Muslim individuals or persons perceived to be Muslims, Muslim allies or friends, and property owned by Muslims. In order to contribute to the solving of this problem, the ODIHR drafted a Guide on Understanding Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes and Addressing the Security Needs of Muslim Communities.

Faith Associates, through our work on Mosque Security, took part in the consultative expert meeting with other civil society organizations, religious communities, national human rights institutions, inter-governmental organizations, as well as other stakeholders, (from across 57 OSCE participating States).

Challenges were addressed relating to the security needs of Muslim communities and responses to anti-Muslim hate crimes. Some of the resources produced from Faith Associates related to Mosque security and protecting places of worship will be developed further in partnership with institutions in the OSCE region to help protect places of worship.

Faith Associates were also invited to Stockholm, Sweeden by Nordic Safe Cities to chair a panel and be involved in discussions on how to build safe cities and discuss practical steps and experiences from a Scandinavian context.

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