Al-Thawra Net
Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms the re-publishing offensive pictures of the Great Prophet Mohammed, may God’s peace and blessings be upon him”, in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
In a statement, Saba got a copy of it, the ministry confirmed that this disgraceful act is a blatant challenge to the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world.
It indicated that the contempt for religions and religious symbols spread hatred and extremism and undermine all noble human values and all efforts made to promote the values of tolerance and coexistence among the peoples of the world.
The statement pointed out that freedom of expression and freedom of the press are fundamental freedoms, but they are not absolute and do not in any way mean chaos or moral fall, but are limited to respecting others in their feelings and beliefs and not to offend or insult others.
The ministry’s statement stressed that this offense will not harm the rank and greatness of the prophet as much as it will degrade the status not only the offending parties who have directly offended him, but in a manner that includes all those who support and encourage such offenses, as well as everyone who may resort to silence about such fallen and cheap criminal trends.
The statement called on Islamic countries to stand firm in the face of repeated abuses of Islam and Islamic sanctities, and called on the international community to redouble efforts to counter extremism, edition and hatred, and to speed up the adoption of a binding international law that prohibits and criminalizes insulting religions, symbols and religious sanctities.
