ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°5 on Combating intolerance and discrimination against Muslims - adopted on 16 March 2000

General Policy Recommendation No.5 deals with combating intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. This Recommendation advocates the adoption of a number of specific measures for combating intolerance and discrimination directed against Muslims. In this Recommendation ECRI also expresses regret that Islam is sometimes portrayed inaccurately on the basis of hostile stereotyping, the effect of which is to make this religion seem a threat.