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Solana refrained from commenting on the OIC request saying "we should not let the latest developments and events to influence relations between Arabs and Europe, but we need to boost these relations through joint action for surmounting and settling certain problems."
He also called for observing mutual respect between Arab and Muslim countries and the EU.
==>> EU officials have played down the possibility of introducing laws barring slandering of religions, fearing public opinion uproar over undermining the principles of freedom of thought and expression.
Protests, sparked by the cartoons carried in the Danish and Norwegian media, swept the Arab and Muslim world and angry demonstrators burned the embassies of Denmark and Norway in Damascus and Beirut.
President Mubarak called for taking strict measures to avert offending religions and said Egypt is leading a campaign against Denmark for refusing to make an official apology.
Somehow I think Christianity would have to be exempt from this.
If not then they would have to shut Hollywood down.
I notice that there was no need to involve the Vatican or a Rabbi in crafting these regulations. Perhaps we Christians and Jews should riot more.
Since the adherents of most religions believe their religion is the "one true faith", how could the EU have a law that would allow any one faith to make that claim without "slandering" every other faith?
The U.N. itself is a slander to religion.
The day I see blue-helmets in the US telling me what I can and can't say about any religion is the day I lock and load. Given that our US military certainly feels the same way and is sworn to protect the US constitution over and above all else, I doubt it will come to that here. However, Europe is a whole other story.
There will certainly be a de-facto exemption for the most evil of all religions in the eyes of the European left. I am, of course, referring to Christianity.
Of course the Arabs will be allowed to continue reviling the Jews..