OIC urges international action against incitement to hatred
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on Thursday for a global action against the incitement to hatred after the screening of a movie and the publication of cartoons insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammed .
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OIC’s head, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu called in a communiqué for the political and religious leaders of the world to "take a united stand against fanatics and radicals involved in destabilising global peace and security by fanning incitement and religious intolerance."
"It is time for the international community to take serious note of the dangerous implications of hate speeches (…) and come out of hiding behind the excuse of freedom of expression," he said.
The film and the cartoons constituted a "deliberate, motivated and systematic abuse of freedom of speech and posed a clear danger to peace, security and stability in the region as well as the global context," said Ihsanoglu.
The OIC secretary general also called on Muslims worldwide "to exercise restraint in testing times."
Professor Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish academic, diplomat. He has been the Secretary-General of the OIC since 2005. The OIC is second largest intergovernmental organisation after the United Nations. He was one of the signatories of A Common Word, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, that called for peace and understanding in 2007.
"It is time for the international community to take serious note of the dangerous implications of hate speeches (…) and come out of hiding behind the excuse of freedom of expression," he said.
The film and the cartoons constituted a "deliberate, motivated and systematic abuse of freedom of speech and posed a clear danger to peace, security and stability in the region as well as the global context," said Ihsanoglu.
The OIC secretary general also called on Muslims worldwide "to exercise restraint in testing times."
Professor Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is a Turkish academic, diplomat. He has been the Secretary-General of the OIC since 2005. The OIC is second largest intergovernmental organisation after the United Nations. He was one of the signatories of A Common Word, an open letter by Islamic scholars to Christian leaders, that called for peace and understanding in 2007.
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