29 September 2012 - 20:30

Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Sunday called on United Nations and Human Rights Council to adopt law banning blasphemy.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Ihsanoglu who is in New York to attend the 67th UN General Assembly made the remarks in press conference.

He said that resolutions passed so far by the United Nations and the Human Rights Council prohibiting blasphemy, calling for implementation of the law by the United Nations and those blaspheming the divine religions must be brought to International Court of Justice.

OIC secretary-general said that the Muslim World demands legal action against producer of the blasphemous movie against Great Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) adding that the United Nations and the Human Rights Council must oblige the western governments to set boundaries for freedom of expression and that blasphemy will no longer be interpreted as freedom of expression.

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