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EU Countries: Religious Hatred

Commons · Question 34852 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 4 Apr 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his European counterparts on (a) religiously motivated hate crimes and (b) hostility toward religious (i) figures and (ii) communities in

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 4 Apr 2025

The UK condemns incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, wherever this occurs, and we denounce hatred on the basis of religion or belief. We are committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of w...