OIC Calls for Emergency Meeting on Cartoon Issue

www.arabnews.com ^ | 18 February 2006 | P.K. Abdul Ghafour

[Esther Ruth]

OIC Calls for Emergency Meeting on Cartoon Issue P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News

JEDDAH, 18 February 2006 — Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, is contacting member states for an emergency meeting of their foreign ministers shortly to discuss major issues including the repercussions of the sacrilegious Danish cartoons.

Ihsanoglu has already spoken to Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakar Al-Qurbi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to fix a date for the meeting, press reports said yesterday quoting diplomatic sources.

The meeting is significant in the backdrop of the continuing protests across the Islamic world over the blasphemous cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a Danish paper and the subsequent reprint in other Western countries.

The diplomats said the meeting would play a big role in defusing the current tension between the Islamic world and the European Union.

[Semper Paratus]

Hand over the Cartoonist, Editor and Publisher to an Islamic Court in Saudi Arabia and they'll consider the matter closed.

[OpusatFR]

You'd think they would put that energy into something more useful like relief for the Pakistanis still suffering from the earthquake, or the tsunami victims, or even creating industry and jobs, but then again, that is too difficult.

Are all of them stupid or just lazy?

[darkwing104]

The diplomats said the meeting would play a big role in defusing the current tension between the Islamic world and the European Union.

Yea right....

[Esther Ruth]

excerpts....

==>> Professor Ihsanoglu has already informed Javier Solana, EU foreign policy chief, that the 57-member OIC was seeking the EU’s cooperation to end the conflict as quickly as possible.

==>> “The OIC member states expect from the EU to identify Islamophobia as a dangerous phenomenon and to observe and combat it like in the cases of xenophobia and anti-Semitism, BY CREATING SUITABLE OBSERVANCE MECHANISMS AND REVISING ITS LEGISLATION, in order to prevent the recurrence of the recent unfortunate incidents,” Ihsanoglu said.

The proposed meeting will be the first after the Islamic summit in Makkah on Dec. 7-8. The summit was a big success as it approved a 10-year action plan for the overall development of OIC member countries and called for a complete facelift of the OIC to enable it to play an effective role on the world stage.

Meanwhile, the permanent representatives of the OIC member states held an extraordinary meeting at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah to examine the latest developments in the cartoon row.

“After listening to a statement by professor Ihsanoglu on the issue and the outcome of Solana’s visit to the OIC headquarters, the permanent representatives expressed their appreciation and support for the line of action undertaken by the secretary-general in managing this CRISIS,” an OIC statement said.

The member states approved the five points presented by Ihsanoglu to Solana as a way to defuse the crisis, and prevent the recurrence of similar crisis in the future.

The five points include the adoption by the EU of necessary legislative measures through the European Parliament against Islamophobia and making joint efforts by the EU and the OIC to adopt a UN resolution on the lines of existing UN Resolution 60/150 (combating defamation of religions), which should prohibit defamation of all prophets and faiths.



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Watch this folks! Carefully!

[Supernatural]

"Are all of them stupid or just lazy"?

How about crazy?

[goldstategop]

Muslims are upset over mere drawings. Its amazing what gets them rampaging in the streets.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Popman]

Nothing like getting everybody together for a nice meeting.

I'm sure the CIA has a couple of predator drones needing some fly time

[SusaninOhio]

'The meeting is significant in the backdrop of the continuing protests across the Islamic world over the blasphemous cartoons'

and completely insignificant in the backdrop of actual issues facing the world today.

They just can't bear to be ignored, can they. And the media sucks up to them.

[Popman]

Are all of them stupid or just lazy?

Worse. they are evil

[EBH]

The five points include the adoption by the EU of necessary legislative measures through the European Parliament against Islamophobia and making joint efforts by the EU and the OIC to adopt a UN resolution on the lines of existing UN Resolution 60/150 (combating defamation of religions), which should prohibit defamation of all prophets and faiths.

If there is already a resolution to combat the defamation of religions, why do we need the next portion of the statement? If for no other reason than to protect a theocracy and it's own false prophet. People we must stop considering islam a religion and begin to understand it for what it is, a form of government.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Ihsanoglu has already spoken to Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abubakar Al-Qurbi and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to fix a date for the meeting ....

Don't forget Al-Gore.

[cooldog]

They've come within seven letters of getting it right.

==>> “The OIC member states expect from the EU to identify Islamophobia as a dangerous phenomenon and to observe and combat it like in the cases of xenophobia and anti-Semitism, BY CREATING SUITABLE OBSERVANCE MECHANISMS AND REVISING ITS LEGISLATION, in order to prevent the recurrence of the recent unfortunate incidents,” Ihsanoglu said.

Just drop out the "ophobia", and it's PERFECT!

[ncountylee]

Are all of them stupid or just lazy?

...Worse. they are evil...

A Jdam should join their meeting.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Are all of them stupid or just lazy?>"

No they are just self programmed to MURDER! Here is an excerpt of their programming manual, slightly rewritten for the survial of allah mankind!

Sura 9:5 of the “Koran,” “Slay the idolaters muslimes wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush.”

[jigsaw]

They just can't bear to be ignored, can they.

They're acting like David Gregory.

[photodawg]

You'd think they would put that energy into something more useful like relief for the Pakistanis still suffering from the earthquake, or the tsunami victims, or even creating industry and jobs, but then again, that is too difficult.
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Contrast their violent mass protests over a perceived offense to the "profit" with their organized silence when international terrorist events, performed by moslems, occur. Tells you all you need to know about their organized international jihad. As was said some time ago If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. moslems have to realize their silence implicates them in jihad. There is no "moderate" middle ground here.

[EBH]

This needs to be watched very close. The resolution in question was adopted Jan. 2006, very recently.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/r60.htm


Paging Mr. Bolton....

[Panzerlied]

"...to observe and combat it like in the cases of xenophobia and anti-Semitism..."

Let me see if I have this right.

The OIC member states have ignored anti-semetic cartoons in their newspapers that would rival the worst of the Nazi newspaper, Der Sturmer, but they want EU member states to control their newspapers' anti-islamic cartoons?

Sounds as logical as asking them to give up their armies to prevent war.

Of course, with the EU that request might work!

[squarebarb]

Good point. Much of this is media-driven.

They love to see themselves on t.v.