أستراليا: مفوضية حقوق الإنسان تؤكد استمرار التمييز ضد المسلمين

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أصدرت مفوضية حقوق الإنسان الأسترالية تقريرًا من 104 صفحات حول جهودها، وذلك في الذكرى الأربعين لقانون مكافحة التمييز العنصري؛ حيث كشف التقرير استمرار وقوع المسلمين ضحية للتمييز والاعتداء، دون أن يَحْظَوْا بحماية القانون في مجال مكافحة التمييز.

وقد أشار التقرير إلى "محدودية التشريع"؛ من حيث حماية المسلمين من الإجحاف، أو العنصرية الثقافية، فالقانون لا يعتبرهم جماعة إثنية ذات ثقافة متمايزة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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MUSLIMS in Australia are experiencing consistent discrimination and abuse, but do not fall under the protection of key anti-discrimination legislation.

For the 40th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act, the Australian Human Rights Commission has released a 104-page report covering its strengths and weaknesses.

The report found the Act has "limited ability" to protect Muslim Australians against prejudice and discrimination -- or "cultural racism".

The Act does not consider those who follow a Muslim faith as an ethnic group, even as many Muslim Australians consider attacks on their religion as relating to their race and culture.

Those from Muslim and Arab groups who spoke to the AHRC said their communities faced racial and religious vilification regularly through verbal and written abuse.

Following the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney's Martin Place, those with a Muslim background felt there was an "us versus them" mentality.

In one example, a person with a Muslim background told of being asked "are you a terrorist" following the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney's Martin Place.

The report found, "For many Muslim Australians, there was little distinction to be drawn between religious discrimination and racial discrimination. Being on the receiving end of anti-Muslim sentiment was often described in terms of racism".