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The Saudi Arabia-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is planning to sue the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following its publication of a front cover depicting the Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him [added by this website]) In Saudi Arabia, the former culture minister and now head of the Jeddah-based OIC condemned the new edition of Charlie Hebdo as "an idiotic step that requires necessary legal measures".
Iyad Madani told a Saudi newspaper: "OIC is studying Europe and French laws and other available procedures to be able to take legal action against Charlie Hebdo. "If French laws allow us to take legal procedures against Charlie Hebdo, OIC will not hesitate to prosecute the French magazine."
On his personal Twitter feed, Madani added: "These cartoons have hurt the sentiments of Muslims across the world.;
"Freedom of speech must not become a hate speech and must not offend others. No sane person, irrespective of doctrine, religion or faith, accepts his beliefs being ridiculed," he said.
The OIC has member states across North Africa and the Middle East, among others, as well as permanent delegations to the UN and EU. Madani was nominated to be its secretary general by Saudi Arabia, and elected at the end of 2013. He also reiterated his condemnation of the attacks on innocent victims in Paris, saying that terrorism, "has nothing to do with Islam in any way".
In Egypt, the Islamist Noor Party denounced the latest Charlie Hebdo cover on its French-language Facebook page. "Just as the Noor Party rejects the assault on civilians and the negative effects it has for all Muslims of Europe, it also rejects this barbaric, irresponsible act under the name of freedom of expression," the statement declared.
Iyad Madani told a Saudi newspaper: "OIC is studying Europe and French laws and other available procedures to be able to take legal action against Charlie Hebdo. "If French laws allow us to take legal procedures against Charlie Hebdo, OIC will not hesitate to prosecute the French magazine."
On his personal Twitter feed, Madani added: "These cartoons have hurt the sentiments of Muslims across the world.;
"Freedom of speech must not become a hate speech and must not offend others. No sane person, irrespective of doctrine, religion or faith, accepts his beliefs being ridiculed," he said.
The OIC has member states across North Africa and the Middle East, among others, as well as permanent delegations to the UN and EU. Madani was nominated to be its secretary general by Saudi Arabia, and elected at the end of 2013. He also reiterated his condemnation of the attacks on innocent victims in Paris, saying that terrorism, "has nothing to do with Islam in any way".
In Egypt, the Islamist Noor Party denounced the latest Charlie Hebdo cover on its French-language Facebook page. "Just as the Noor Party rejects the assault on civilians and the negative effects it has for all Muslims of Europe, it also rejects this barbaric, irresponsible act under the name of freedom of expression," the statement declared.
