(MENAFN) Religious activists said to Anadolu Agency before World Religious Freedom Day, South Africa does not accept religious prejudice or discrimination in spite of increasing Islamophobia and hate throughout the world.
Iqbal Jassat, an executive member of the Johannesburg-based Media Review Network think tank, said “the uniqueness of South Africa post-1994 (after the end of the apartheid era) is the fact that racism and bigotry are not tolerated.”
Jassat stated hate against Muslims was inherent at the conquest era, but following the nation’s democracy in 1994, hate became unacceptable nor permitted.
He stated, “A number of factors have made a positive contribution to South Africa's unique position, which regrettably does not exist in Europe, America and elsewhere.”
Jassat added that the Constitution preserves religious freedom, a bill of rights and some organizations were prepared to guarantee human dignity for everyone.
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