The Muslim News reports that a  leading academic has issued a stark warning at the UN that Islamophobia across Europe is being fuelled by a “lack of political will” and driven not by the public, but by those in power.

The intervention came on March 24 in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council, where Professor Enes Bayraklı and other international experts gathered to raise alarm over what they described as a growing and under-recognised wave of anti-Muslim racism. Speaking at a panel organised by COJEP International, Bayraklı warned that Islamophobia in Europe is not simply a social issue, but a political one, shaped and driven by elites. “What we are facing is anti-Muslim racism,” he said, arguing that many European leaders deliberately avoid using the term Islamophobia. Instead, politicians increasingly opt for softer phrases such as “anti-Muslim hate” — something he said fails to reflect the true scale and systemic nature of the problem. The discussion highlighted mounting concern that rising anti-Muslim hostility is not being met with an effective policy response, largely due to a lack of political recognition at the highest levels. Bayraklı warned that failing to properly name Islamophobia is a major barrier to tackling it.

He argued that political reluctance to acknowledge the issue has allowed anti-Muslim rhetoric to become more normalised in public discourse, with far-right narratives increasingly shaping debate and policy across parts of Europe.

Resist Comment: this academic is partially right.  However, it's not just the elites who hate muslims: the non-elites, the ordinary people, also hate the death cult of islam.  Ordinary people see muslim men gant-raping under-age girls; ordinary people see muslim terrorism at home and abroad; ordinary people see the violent subjugation of women by muslims at home and abroad.  Ordinary people want to see islam and its followers erradicated.