One fight against Islamophobia, the other against anti-Semitism. Now the two have joined forces to combat the growing intolerance that runs through every corner of society. '2011 Hours against hatred. " That's the name of the campaign that launched the U.S. government to promote pluralism and respect for different cultures, races and religions.
The initiative was presented this morning at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid by Anwar Farah Pandith, U.S. special representative for the Muslim communities and Hannah Rosenthal, special envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism. His message is straightforward: no matter who the "enemy" (Muslim or Jewish), the speech used against them is the same.
"Hate is hate in its various forms. It is a rejection of the people for being different from you," said Rosenthal. Pandith he emphasized that more than a U.S. government campaign is to mobilize civil society and for this reason have come to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Cordoba to make it known.
The initiative aims to sensitize young people and offers them not remain idly at what is happening in the world, but to step forward and commit to working in NGOs with people of different cultures. For example, it is a Catholic person can work in a mosque or a Muslim to help pay Caritas, an NGO of the Church.
"That young people can use their time to step into the shoes of others and relate with people who think like them," said Pandith at the Embassy. According to his testimony, the two sent the State Department wanted to launch the project after noticing a sharp increase in both anti-Semitism of Islamophobia, especially after the 11-S.
Rosenthal Pandith and seek to exploit this is the International Year of Volunteers, and the pull that is Facebook among young people (www. facebook. Com/2011HoursAgainstHate) to join the campaign as many people as possible. 
The initiative was presented this morning at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid by Anwar Farah Pandith, U.S. special representative for the Muslim communities and Hannah Rosenthal, special envoy for monitoring and combating anti-Semitism. His message is straightforward: no matter who the "enemy" (Muslim or Jewish), the speech used against them is the same.
"Hate is hate in its various forms. It is a rejection of the people for being different from you," said Rosenthal. Pandith he emphasized that more than a U.S. government campaign is to mobilize civil society and for this reason have come to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Cordoba to make it known.
The initiative aims to sensitize young people and offers them not remain idly at what is happening in the world, but to step forward and commit to working in NGOs with people of different cultures. For example, it is a Catholic person can work in a mosque or a Muslim to help pay Caritas, an NGO of the Church.
"That young people can use their time to step into the shoes of others and relate with people who think like them," said Pandith at the Embassy. According to his testimony, the two sent the State Department wanted to launch the project after noticing a sharp increase in both anti-Semitism of Islamophobia, especially after the 11-S.
Rosenthal Pandith and seek to exploit this is the International Year of Volunteers, and the pull that is Facebook among young people (www. facebook. Com/2011HoursAgainstHate) to join the campaign as many people as possible.
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