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NA condemns blasphemous prints, film
By Asghar Ali Mubarak

ISLAMABAD—National Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution against the printing and re-printing of the sacrilegious and blasphemous caricatures of the Holy Prophet and release of an offensive and derogatory documentary on Islam entitled “Fitna” by the Dutch Parliamentarians Geert Wilder. The resolution was tabled by the government, opposition and members of the other benches.
It was adopted in the resolution that house firmly believes that these acts of defamation and incitement to hatred not only deeply hurt the sentiments of Muslims all over the world but also threaten the stability of many societies and as such are in violation of the international law including the N Charter as well as the domestic laws the countries where these sacrilegious acts are carried out.
The house takes note of the strong protest lodged with the respective governments by the Government of Pakistan was well as other Muslim countries individually or collectively in the OIC framework in this regard. The governments of the Netherlands and Denmark have been asked to prosecute the responsible people for defaming other religions under their own laws.

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