Racism, Islamophobia publicly institutionalized, legalized in France

Racism and Islamophobia are today publicly institutionalized and legalized in France.

The remarks came from the Head of the office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan, a member of the Independent Permanent Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Aydin Safikhanli, at the international conference "Islamophobia as a Specific Form of Racism and Discrimination: New Global and Transnational Challenges" in Baku on March 15, Report informs.

According to him, today in some European countries, in particular France, there is a noticeable surge of Islamophobia.

“Many Muslims who are French citizens and were born in this country are daily victims of police brutality and hatred," he said.