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Islamic nations call on UN to stop publication of prophet cartoons

Published time: May 05, 2011 12:32
Edited time: May 05, 2011 17:20
Iranian students stands next to a burnt Danish flag in front of the Danish embassy during a protest over the publication of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammad in Tehran, 13 February 2006 (AFP Photo)

Tajikistan, current chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has sent an official request to the UN to pressure Norway to stop publication of a reprint of the book with scandalous cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammed.

Norwegian publisher Cappelen Damm plans release of the controversial book Tyranny of Silence in May. The book includes the 12 cartoons of Mohammed first published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005.

The cartoons caused worldwide outrage among Muslim communities and a wave of violent anti-Danish rallies, followed by heated debate over the freedom of speech and respect for religious beliefs. Altogether, more than a hundred people died in the protest, while those responsible for the publication received death threats.

The letter, addressed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, voices the concern of 57 members of the OIC and calls on the UN to “take measures against” the plan, reports Interfax.

Comments (7)

Steven (unregistered) 31.07.2012 15:58

lets make 'draw muhammad day' a monthly occasion then.it's about time, muslims should understand, they have no right to silence or even attempt to silence people defended by law, on their own soil, halfway across the globe, not to draw say or publish specific things.
it's not their jurisdiction, they should stfu

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Billy (unregistered) 20.05.2012 21:45

This one seems to me almost like more of a childish provocation to pressure some extremist muslims to react, because this cartoons have been published time and time again! Not that I do not defend freedom of the press, but by such actions as these, those who wants some of the muslims to act violently, so they get further reasons to feed the tensions that already exists, and thereafter can demand stronger and harder measures against muslims, if they get the reaction they hope for. To me this seems unnessasary and not very clever to do. Why not leave those drawings out, everybody knows what their view is by now!

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Aaron Maxwell 20.05.2011 04:49

Purveyors of Islam will not be satisfied until they have pushed the entire world past the brink, and into all-out globar war with the secular west. And all of this is over a collection of Stone and Bronze Age claims that are not supported by evidence of any sort. Religion, of any kind, must not be allowed to dictate social or civil behavior to those who don't subscribe to their fairy tales.

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