International Day to Combat Islamophobia

15 March

International

Why this date

Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2022 on a resolution introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the OIC; the date marks the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks.

About the day

UN General Assembly resolution 76/254 was adopted by consensus on 15 March 2022. The date marks the 2019 attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 51 worshippers were killed. In 2024 the Assembly also called for a UN Special Envoy to combat Islamophobia.

Observed by

United Nations (2022 resolution)