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In the past few
months, the world has stood witness
to yet another uncultured, saddening
and antagonizing act by the
supposedly civilized European world
under the pretext of “free speech”
against the beliefs of one and a
half billion Muslims. The “Joland
Post” Danish tabloid published
insulting caricatures of the prophet
of compassion His Holiness Prophet
Mohammad (PBUH), which was followed
in a few other European countries
set out to reprint the offending
caricatures. The interesting point
was that none of the European press
media condemned the nature of such
an act and they even tried to
justify it in the pretext of
“freedom of speech” and recently
even in Denmark, it was proposed
that the caricatures be published in
educational books so that they would
not be forgotten and a museum be
selected to also preserve the
offensive images. The latter actions
and proposals speak of the ancient
hostility by certain press and
governing institutions toward Islam
and Muslims that taking into account
the Zionist proprietorship of such
press media, reveal the black hands
at work behind the scenes.
The World Muslim
Intellectuals Forum (WMIF), while
condemning these uncultivated moves
carried out under the attractive
masquerade of culture and the
freedom of speech, presents the
following proposals to the Muslim
cultural and intellectual
communities within the world of
Islam:
1.
What is for certain
is that the increasing inclination
of European and American
intellectuals toward Islam will sway
the Zionist organizations and
secular leaders toward profane moves
such as the publication of the
offending caricatures and actions
that we will no doubt shortly
witness in the future. We must
neutralize such actions with timely
and culturally decisive reactions to
bring together the Muslim masses.
2.
We must spare no
effort in publishing the rich
Islamic heritage, in particular in
Europe and the US, so more hearts
and minds are attracted to the
heavenly foundations of Islam.
3.
Initiate legal
proceedings in international
organizations such as UNESCO and the
UN in relation to the violation of
laws on the sanctities, against
newspapers and media responsible so
as to prevent a repeat of such
actions.
4.
Writers and artists
of the world of Islam pay greater
attention to their missions in
publicizing the Islamic culture and
utilize all their ability in
demonstrating the true face of
Islam.
We hope that the
global solidarity of Muslims in
particular the Muslim intellectuals
and learned parties not only
neutralize such conspiracies but
also in direct contrast to their
instigators’ desires, result in the
greater ascent and prominence of
Islam and Muslims.
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