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Sana'a: The Yemeni Parliament condemned on Monday the republication of the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) appealing to the Islamic Ummah to move to stop the abusive campaign.
"The republication of insulting cartoons in 17 Danish newspapers was irresponsible behaviour harming all religions and creeds and sparking uncontrollable conflicts between nations," said a statement issued by parliament.
"These insulting cartoons do not serve the relations of Denmark with Yemen and Arab and Islamic world. The cartoons represent a terrorist act, which contradict with the freedom of expression, which criminalises publication of anything that threatens safety, peace and stability," the statement added.
The parliament demanded in the statement that the Yemen government, the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Conference take a serious position to stop the re-publication of these insulting cartoons.
It also demanded the Danish Parliament, European Union and European Parliament take a serious position for condemning these insults.
The parliament demanded the UN enact an international legislation criminalising insults against religions and prophets.
Summit agenda
Meanwhile, Shaikh Abdul Majeed Al Zandani, chairman of the religious Al Eman University, called the Yemeni government and the political parties for reactivating the political and economic boycott against Denmark.
He also called the Arab leaders to express their anger at the insulting cartoons through diplomatic, economic and political ways. He called Arab leaders to include this issue in the agenda of the coming Arab summit in Syria and reach a consensus on it.
Al Zandani said, "Seventeen Danish newspapers agreed to republish the blasphemous cartoons at the same time. The time and way of publication was not accidental but they were republished deliberately by certain bodies which wanted to harm the relations between Denmark and the Islamic Ummah."
"If they are claiming that they are free to insult our prophet and our religion, we are also free to boycott their products," Al Zandani added.
To this end, the Yemeni Teachers Syndicate called the civil society organisations to take a unified position towards the republication of the cartoon.
The syndicate said in a statement, "the republication of the cartoons is a very dangerous thing that deepens the hatred, hostility and conflicts between civilisations."
"Such behaviour shows the hostility against Islam and Muslims. And it has resulted from the hostile media and political mobilisation against Muslims under the pretext of terror," the statement added.
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