Charlie Hebdo: OIC human rights body urges restraint
OIC's commission says new cartoon is an “intolerant, disrespectful, manifest expression of hatred..." toward Muslims
OIC's commission says new cartoon is an “intolerant, disrespectful, manifest expression of hatred.." toward MuslimsPHOTO: REUTERS
JEDDAH:
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) human rights body on Sunday urged Muslims to show restraint despite what it called the ‘hatred’ displayed by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The new cartoon is an “intolerant, disrespectful and manifest expression of hatred as well as insensitivity” toward Muslims, said the OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. It had earlier condemned the ‘barbaric’ January 7 attack on the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo which left 12 people dead.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2015.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) human rights body on Sunday urged Muslims to show restraint despite what it called the ‘hatred’ displayed by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The body accused Charlie Hebdo of ‘ridiculing the most revered personality” of Islam but urged the world’s more than 1.5 billion Muslims “to continue to exercise restraint.” The appeal came after thousands around the world demonstrated against a new cartoon published by the French weekly last week.
The new cartoon is an “intolerant, disrespectful and manifest expression of hatred as well as insensitivity” toward Muslims, said the OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. It had earlier condemned the ‘barbaric’ January 7 attack on the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo which left 12 people dead.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2015.