GENEVA (10 September 2013) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt today praised Jordan as “a safe haven and voice of religious moderation,” in a regional environment where religion has become increasingly politicized in recent years, but highlighted increasing concerns about religious extremism. “Being itself an Islamic country with a vast majority of Sunni Muslims, Jordan has taken the lead in promoting peaceful interreligious coexistence in the region,” Mr. Bielefeldt said* at the end of the first visit to the country by an independent expert mandated by the UN Human…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 10 September 2013. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
