The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is ready to sue the offensive filmmakers on US soil, OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has said. However, he added this could only be achieved through diplomatic efforts of the member states. Ihsanoglu made his remarks shortly before the publication of anti-Islam cartoons in a French magazine.
Ihsanoglu was addressing the media on September 18 to express the organisation’s stand regarding the recent events following the post of a film that mocked Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) on YouTube. The secretary-general called the film a “nasty” production that ridiculed the Prophet’s life with blasphemy and falsification.
“We condemn this film and its contents and consider it an act of incitement,” he said. Ihsanoglu said legal actions against the filmmakers are an option. Some countries have laws that criminalise blasphemy, denying or even questioning the holocaust, and anti-Semitism, he said, adding that other countries prohibit the defaming of the president or king. “So, freedom of expression is not absolute, as they claim. The OIC is ready to coordinate with member states to take actions in this regard,” the secretary-general added.
Legal Action Against Filmmakers Possible: Ihsanoglu
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is ready to sue the offensive filmmakers on US soil, OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has said. However, he added this could only be achieved through diplomatic efforts of the member states. Ihsanoglu made his remarks shortly before the publication of anti-Islam cartoons in a French magazine.
