A/HRC/4/19 page 21 57. The Human Rights Council is invited to draw the attention of member States to the serious nature of the defamation of religion, anti-Semitism and Christianophobia and, more particularly, Islamophobia, and to promote the fight against these phenomena by strengthening the role of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, promoting reciprocal understanding and joint action to meet the fundamental challenges of development, peace and the protection and promotion of human rights. 58. The Human Rights Council is invited to encourage member States to wage a systematic campaign against incitement to racial and religious hatred by maintaining a careful balance between the defence of secularism and respect for the freedom of religion and by acknowledging and respecting the complementarity of all the freedoms contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 59. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Human Rights Council remind member States of the link between efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia and the construction of democratic, interactive and egalitarian multiculturalism. 60. In a similar vein, the Human Rights Council is invited to draw the attention of member States to the historical and cultural depth of racism. Efforts to combat racism must involve economic, social and political measures and relate to the question of identity, namely the dialectic between respect for the cultural and religious identities of minority groups and communities and the promotion of cross-fertilization and interaction between all national communities. 61. To this end, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Council draw the attention of member States to the importance of developing an intellectual front against racism and, consequently, of combating, through education and information, ideas and concepts likely to incite or legitimize racism, racial discrimination or xenophobia, in particular via the Internet. 62. The Human Rights Council is invited to encourage member States to adopt an approach to questions relating to immigration, asylum and the situation of foreigners and national minorities that is based on international law and instruments, such as the Covenants and the Durban Programme of Action, that promote respect for their rights. 63. The Human Rights Council is invited to stress the gravity of racist and xenophobic manifestations and practices at points of entry to countries, reception areas and waiting areas. It is essential that such areas should not become “no-rights zones” for non-citizens in general and, in particular, for immigrants and asylum-seekers. 64. The Human Rights Council is invited to encourage member States to exercise particular vigilance with regard to the upsurge in racism in sport, particularly football. The Human Rights Council is also invited to support and promote specific initiatives and measures by member States in the areas of education, awareness-raising and prevention,