Islamophobia High On IOC-Summit

With drawings blaspheming Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) and a documentary desecrating the holy Quran, alarming Islamophobia in the West will be high on the agenda of the Muslim leaders’ upcoming Summit.

“We have to resolve the issue of Islamophobia through a committed political dialogue and a historical reconciliation between Islam and the West,” Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said.

He said when the leaders of the 57 member states meet in Senegal on Thursday, March 13, they will discuss the first report of an Islamophobia monitoring committee, OIC secretariat said in a press release.

“They will be expected to take appropriate decisions against such acts of Islamophobia.”
Denmark’s main dailies reprinted on February 13, a cartoon blaspheming the great Prophet Mohammad (SA).

Ihsanoglu said that the cartoon and the documentary are “specifically designed to insult the most sacred symbols of Islam.” “They violate international legal instruments that prohibit insult and offence of religious beliefs of others and cannot be condoned under freedom of expression.”
The OIC chief cited an urgent necessity for the international community to either strengthen the existing international legal instruments or enact new ones to include preventive measures against insulting or offending religious values and sentiments, the secretariat said.

Bron: IRNA

Israeli war crimes in Gaza indicates Tel Aviv desperation

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the war crimes perpetrated by Israeli regime in Gaza Strip indicates desperation of the occupation regime in the face of the resistance movement.

Addressing a group of family members of the Lebanese and Palestinian martyrs, he said, “The cowardly Zionist forces who do not dare to confront the Palestinian and Lebanese combatants, resort to indiscriminate bombardment of residential areas to kill women and children.”
They should know that such crimes would not help them survive, the Iranian president said.

Iran has called on the International Criminal Court to bring to justice Tel Aviv leaders for committing war crimes in Gaza Strip in a series of air raids on residential areas since February 27.

“The bullying powers have no message for the world people other than weapon, killing and the logic of oppression,” he said adding that the victory belongs to the oppressed nations.

Prior to President Ahmadinejad’s speech, several relatives of the Palestinian martyrs lauded Iran’s support for the oppressed nations of Palestine and Lebanon.

They stressed that the Lebanese nation will continue with resistance to the Zionists and the bullying powers until it achieves full victory.

Bron: IRNA