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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. |