RIYADH, Feb 15 (KUNA) -- Permanent representatives of member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) said on Wednesday they reserve the right to call for an urgent OIC foreign ministers meeting if Denmark kept on its "negative" position regarding publishing anti-Islam cartoons in the Danish press.
The member states' representatives to the Riyadh-based organization said in a statement issued after an extraordinary meeting in Jeddah that the Danish authorities' "negative" response to the abusive cartoons was disappointing when compared to the responses of other European countries who denounced publishing such caricatures as a provoking act that calls for hatred.
The representatives called on non-governmental organizations and the OIC members to play a major role in spreading the original teachings of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), especially in the west.
They also highlighted the OIC monitoring body's role in facing anti-Islam acts, calling for backing the monitor with whatever might improve its performance.
In the meantime, they approved a five-point suggestion presented recently by the OIC secretary general to the High Representative for Secretary-General of the Council of the EU Javier Solana, intended to prevent a similar crisis from happening again. These five points include issuing legislations by the EU Parliament against the anti-Islam phenomena in the west and exerting joint efforts by both the EU the OIC to issue a UN resolution forbidding offenses against religions and prophets.
The suggestion also contained approving a charter of ethics for the European media and an international media system to be set by the UN that identifies the freedom of expression concept in dealing with religious symbols.
The suggestion also includes listing an article in the upcoming human rights council's resolution banning the defamation of religions and calls for hatred.
A great wave of anger had lately been engulfing Muslim capitals all around the globe in the aftermath of publishing a cartoon in a Danish newspaper last September, intended to smear the sacred image of the Prophet of Islam.
The incident casued a crisis in most of the Muslim Wolrd where people boycotted Danish products as a demonstration against the abusive cartoons.
