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Subject: [Dahuk]: Scholars Threaten Boycott Over Anti-prophet
Cartoons Scholars Threaten Boycott Over Anti-prophet
Cartoons
By Adel Abdel Halim, IOL Correspondent
CAIRO, January 21, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) The
International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) threatened on Saturday, January
21, to call for a boycott of Danish and Norwegian products over the publication
of controversial anti-Prophet cartoons in both Scandinavian countries.
"We urge the officials in
"Otherwise the IUMS will be forced to urge millions of
Muslims across the world to boycott all Danish and Norwegian products and
activities."
The union asked Arab and Muslim countries to boycott an
upcoming Middle East exhibition organized by the
Twelve drawings depicting Prophet Muhammad in different
settings appeared in
In one of the drawings, an image assumed to be that of the
prophet appeared with a turban shaped like a bomb strapped to his head.
The controversial cartoons have been reprinted in a
Norwegian magazine on January 10.
The images, considered blasphemous under Islam, have drawn
rebuke from Muslim minorities in both countries and triggered a diplomatic
crisis with Arab and Muslim countries.
Not Enough
The IUMS demanded a clear apology for the blasphemous
cartoons, saying recent remarks by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen were not
enough.
"The prime minister only reaffirmed commitment to freedom of
_expression_ and condemned any statement or acts against certain groups or people
because of their religion or ethnicity," read the statement.
In a New Year address translated into Arabic and distributed
to Middle Eastern countries, Rasmussen said "free speech should be
exercised in such a manner that we do not incite hatred and cause fragmentation
of the community that is one of
The IUMS said the "un-clear statements" were part of an
attempt to avoid directly addressing the issue of the anti-prophet cartoons by
speaking about minorities in general terms.
"This hurts the feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims
around the world as well as those of the some 180,000 Danish Muslims who
represent three percent of the population."
The union asked Arab and Muslim governments to exercise all
possible political and diplomatic pressures on the Danish and Norwegian
governments to grind to a halt such organized anti-Islam campaigns.
The IUMS was launched in July of last year in the British
capital
Al-Azhar, the highest seat of religious learning in the
Sunni world, has vowed to raise the issue of the provocative caricatures with
the UN and international human rights organizations.
A five-member delegation representing 21 Islamic centers and
organizations in
Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, a prominent Muslim figure in
Islam is
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