Organization of Islamic Conference Calls for Action Against Blasphemous Cartoons

From the Daily Times of Pakistan - March 5, 2008

OIC calls for action against blasphemous cartoons

OIC calls for action against blasphemous cartoons

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan, as chairman of the Organisation of Islamic
Conference (OIC), on Monday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to
call on governments to take a firm stand against the publication of
blasphemous cartoons in the western media.

“The
right to freedom of expression carries with it special duties and
responsibilities, and does not provide a licence to insult and hurt the
sentiments and beliefs of others,” a statement issued by the chairman
of OIC in New York said.

The OIC urged the secretary-general to
“call upon the governments of the states that condone the publication
of these blasphemous caricatures and media material, as well as the
campaigns for anti-Islamic regulations, to take all possible legal and
administrative measures to prevent the repetition or continuation of
these deliberate offensive acts, which impinge greatly on the right to
freedom of thought, conscience and religion, of the followers of Islam”.