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| UN asked to implement Senate resolution against 'Fitna' |
| 2008-04-28 |
| The United Nations (UN) should implement the Pakistani Senate resolution against the Dutch film, ‘Fitna’, which has hurt the sentiments of Muslims across the world, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Babar Awan said on Sunday. The world’s societies should avoid making fun of each other’s religion, prophets and sacred books, Awan told a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club. A large number of PPP leaders and activists were also present. “The UN Charter of Demand has completely failed in preventing conflicts and clashes between various world cultures and civilisations,” the PPP senator said. He also urged the Rabita-e-Islami, an Islamic organisation, to support the Senate resolution against ‘Fitna’, released by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. He said the movie had wrongly portrayed Islam, hurting Muslims’ sentiments. “The [holy] Quran is the best book that promotes harmony among all civilisations and cultures,” he said. He said that every country had its own laws, and that if a citizen insulted another country’s religion he or she could not be tried in accordance with laws of the country whose religion had been insulted. “It is therefore the need of the hour to make international laws to stop such things,” he said. Response to ‘Fitna’: Awan said he would also make a film, ‘Difa-e-Quran’, in response to ‘Fitna’, adding that the movie would be released in five international languages – English, Arabic, Urdu, Persian and French. “It will be released on the 1st of Ramazan,” he added. He requested Muslims across the world to suggest a name for his film, saying that the movie had temporarily been named as ‘Difa-e-Quran’. “A Rs 100,000 cash prize will be given to the person whose suggested name is selected,” he said, and asked those interested in the contest to mail their suggestions to his Senate office. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 I vote we nuke Rawalpindi, then force every muslim between Cairo and Tonga to watch Fitna three times. We will videotape their heads exploding for posterity. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-04-28 22:19 |
| #9 Wach this very carefully folks, this is the first "Nose of the Camel" attempt to take over the UN for Islam. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-28 16:08 |
| #8 The worldÂ’s societies should avoid making fun of each otherÂ’s religion, prophets and sacred books... Except, of course, for those offspring of monkeys and pigs... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-28 14:07 |
| #7 Yeah, but the Church of the Subgenius would sue! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-04-28 11:15 |
| #6 I'd go with "Bob" if I was them. "Bob's" a nice name. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-04-28 11:07 |
| #5 He requested Muslims across the world to suggest a name for his film Is "Death to the Infidel" already taken? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-04-28 09:17 |
| #4 “The UN Charter of Demand has completely failed in preventing conflicts and clashes between various world cultures and civilisations,” the PPP senator said. There is no such thing as the UN Charter of Demand. There is, however, this in the preamble, "to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women..." This little sentence produced a ton of weaseling in the Islamic world back when people actually cared what the UN charter said. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-04-28 09:16 |
| #3 The worldÂ’s societies should avoid making fun of each otherÂ’s religion, prophets and sacred books You first. I demand a temple and a church be built on the Temple Mount. I demand the right to spread the Gospel in Arabia. I demand the senate of "Pakistan" renounce calls for former muslims to be killed for apostasy. I have a long but that will be fine to be getting on with. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-04-28 09:13 |
| #2 The problem with Fitna was that its producers didn't exploit its success with follow ups. They should have had a whole series of other short subjects in the can when Fitna aired. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-04-28 08:00 |
| #1 “The [holy] Quran is the best book that promotes harmony among all civilisations and cultures,” he said. In other words, if all those damn infidels would just submit to Islam, or pay jizya, and subject themselves to Sharia, there would be peace, because we would all be one big Ummah. Well, of course, except for the Sunni/Shiite split, and the fact that the Saudis don't trust the Persians, and everybody hates the Turks cuz of that whole caliphate thing, and ... |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-04-28 01:44 |