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Source: RT
France is allocating €100 million to battle racism, anti-Semitism and Muslim hate in the wake of recent hatred-driven violent attacks in the country, but it will take at least a decade to get rid of racial tensions, Jewish journalist Zvika Klein told RT.
Zvika Klein, from Jewish news outlet NRG, has gained world-wide recognition after posting a YouTube video of him walking silently through the streets of Paris wearing a kippah on his head. The experiment exposed the extend of anti-Semitism in France as he was intimidated and even spat at by the local Muslims.
Yet despite receiving such a treatment, he remains hopeful that the newly unveiled 100 million euro plan by Prime Minister Manuel Valls to tackle racist prejudices will one day make Jews walking on the street of Paris safe.
“I think it takes many years to fight racism, to fight intolerance,” Klein said. “Any acts of racism are problematic and I think it is very important that the government is doing what they can to change that.”
The new measures include introducing a ban on hate speech in penal law, instead of the regulation of the press. Racist or anti-Semitic speech will be designated as an aggravating factor, leading to harsher punishments for other crimes. In addition to this, victims will be allowed to join forces in class action lawsuits for discrimination.
Another novelty would be the establishment of a national police unit to monitor and battle hate crimes online.
“Racism, anti-Semitism, hatred of Muslims, of foreigners and homophobia are growing in an insufferable manner in our country,” Valls said Friday as he unveiled his plans. With close to five million Muslims and around 600,000 Jews in the country, French people should not be “afraid of being Jewish” or “ashamed of being Muslims,” said Valls.
Categories: Europe and Australia, France, Islamophobia
Could Prime Minister Nawaz Shareef allocate just 100 mn PKR for measures to ban on hate speech in Pakistan?
All discriminatory laws must be abolished from the Constitution of Pakistan being totally illogical. Similarly the racist or anti-minorities speech should be designated as an aggravating factor, leading to harsher punishments for other crimes as in France. The victims of discriminatory laws, mostly weak Christians and peaceful Ahmadis, should be allowed to have compensation through a lawsuits for discrimination in a short time.It is high time to crush mullahism turned into terrorism once for all in Pakistan.
Wish and pray that our power yielding authorities in Pakistan take lesson from French.Take some visible and practical steps to curb the same type of hate campaigns going on against weaker sections/minorities in Pakistan. May Allah(SWT) guide them to do so. Ameen.