KUALA LUMPUR: In condeming the anti-Islam film, ‘Innocence of Muslims’, and a French magazine publication of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMMF) has urged moderates worldwide to unite against sheer fabrication and mischaracterisation of any faith or religion.
GMMF chief executive officer Khalek Awang said, although Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, might not have broken French law in publishing the caricatures, the foundation liked to protest over the lack of ethical and moral judgement in deliberately creating further provocation, at a time of great calamity and intrusion.
“No quarter should defend it, let alone in the context of freedom of speech since this right is not absolute.
“In a connected and crowded world, no one should make incendiary comments that can trigger the kind of violence that we have witnessed over the last two weeks,” he said in a statement here yesterday.
He said Muslims should have fortitude in dealing with such provocation by not resorting to violence as a means of showing dissatisfaction. — Bernama
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