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An "Academic walk of pride", scheduled for Friday at the Faculty of Philosophy in the Montenegrin town of Niksic has been put on hold for security reasons, police said.

The protest was canceled after police estimated that the legal requirements for the gathering to take place have not been met because of the "increased" security risk.

President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday delivered a message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, highlighting the role of diversity and multiculturalism and of not having prejudices in our today's society.

Photo (c) Alex MICSIK /AGERPRES PHOTO

As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Racism on Saturday, the Greek branch of NGO ActionAid has released the results of a small public experiment it conducted on February 20 to gauge the public?s reaction to a staged racist attack.

The term "Islamophobia" entered the global political language in the past decade.

Yassin Musharbash, a leading German journalist with Jordanian roots, pulls out some recent "fan mail" and starts reading on the stage.
     
"We want to be informed by knowledgeable compatriots, not by foreigners," the 39-year-old quotes from a letter-to-the-editor that landed at the prestigious Zeit newspaper.
     

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Turkey will make every effort to protect Muslims in Austria, especially those of Turkish descent, from being harmed due to a controversial recently approved bill regulating Islam in the country, Turkey's EU minister said on Feb. 26.

One of the main problems pointed out in the Amnesty International report, published on Monday, was the inadequate prosecution of hate crimes in the country.

Among the groups suffering from prejudice who later become crime victims are asylum seekers, migrants, Muslims and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Time flies... It was nearly a decade ago that Turkish and Spanish leaders institutionalized their efforts to build interfaith dialogue and peace between the Islamic and Western worlds. Since then, at least a couple of million (overwhelmingly Muslim) people have been killed (overwhelmingly by Muslims in sectarian and other wars).

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu was reported saying, in his televised speech to the nation on Saturday, that Europe?s future ?will not be written without Turkey.? One assumes he means that Turkey is an essential part of Europe and will remain so.