Caricatures issue: APC wants blasphemy declared crime by UN

The conference says Muslim states should break trade ties with countries letting acts of blasphemy go unpunished


Our Correspondent February 18, 2015
Charlie Hebdo copies sell for thousands online. Photo: AFP

LAHORE:


An all parties’ conference (APC) convened by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has urged Muslim countries to make joint efforts to put a permanent stop to blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) by getting it pronounced as a crime by the United Nations.


In a joint declaration, the conference said the Muslim states should announce breaking of diplomatic, trade and cultural ties with countries letting acts of blasphemy go unpunished, and boycott their products.


The declaration called upon the government to hold an Islamic summit in Islamabad against incidents of blasphemy in the West and work for uniting the Muslim Ummah to adopt a common line of action on the issue.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 18th, 2015.

COMMENTS (7)

Morally Bankrupt | 8 years ago | Reply We should also ask UN to criminalize any act by Islamic countries to punish non muslim people for eating food in public during Ramzan. @woody. Muslims are minority ? I hope it was your sarcasm gone wrong.
woody | 9 years ago | Reply If anything the UN would make Free Speech trump Blasphemy every day of the week - Muslims are a minority on this planet and given the constant terrorism/violence not held in high esteem by most of the planet.
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