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35515
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OIC deplores some media interposing word "Islam" in reporting
Jeddah, December 13, SPA -- With the multiplicity of terrorist
attacks perpetrated recently by deviant and fanatic individuals, the
General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) has noticed a tendency of a section of the media, to interpose
the word “Islam” in reporting these incidences.
"Islam, the religion of peace, tolerance and compassion, that
sanctifies the human soul, and whose universal message is one of
mutual peaceful coexistence among all the peoples of the world,
regardless of their ethnicities, race, religions or languages, and
which calls for kind reasoning and dialogue with all their fellow
human beings, abhors and despises all such criminal acts and had
enacted the utmost severe punishment for their perpetrators, " it
said in a press statement issued here yesterday.
"It is frustrating to see some circles, still, maliciously trying to
establish conceptual link between such evil and wicked practices and
Islam, the religion that condemns, scorns and outlaws them," the
statement added.
"It is on the premise of this irrefutable fact that we, in the OIC,
call upon all well-intentioned peoples of the world, not to give to
these criminals any right to present Islam, a right that Islam itself
denies them. Those who refer to the perpetrators, as acting on behalf
of Islam, help them by offering them justification, anchor and
premise that they don’t have or deserve. On the other hand, the
generalization of the guilt of a few aberrant misguided individuals,
to engulf the adherents of a religion of 1.5 billion followers is an
outrageous judgment and amounts to an illegal collective punishment
on a global scale. Moreover, any attempt to implicate all Muslims in
such a wicked and wanton acts goes contrary to the well established
principles of international law," the statement said.
"It is therefore hoped that media will avoid resorting to any
reference to Islam when narrating such events in order not to
disseminate erroneous information that might jeopardize the basic
human rights of Muslims, the world over," the OIC statement added.
--SPA
attacks perpetrated recently by deviant and fanatic individuals, the
General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) has noticed a tendency of a section of the media, to interpose
the word “Islam” in reporting these incidences.
"Islam, the religion of peace, tolerance and compassion, that
sanctifies the human soul, and whose universal message is one of
mutual peaceful coexistence among all the peoples of the world,
regardless of their ethnicities, race, religions or languages, and
which calls for kind reasoning and dialogue with all their fellow
human beings, abhors and despises all such criminal acts and had
enacted the utmost severe punishment for their perpetrators, " it
said in a press statement issued here yesterday.
"It is frustrating to see some circles, still, maliciously trying to
establish conceptual link between such evil and wicked practices and
Islam, the religion that condemns, scorns and outlaws them," the
statement added.
"It is on the premise of this irrefutable fact that we, in the OIC,
call upon all well-intentioned peoples of the world, not to give to
these criminals any right to present Islam, a right that Islam itself
denies them. Those who refer to the perpetrators, as acting on behalf
of Islam, help them by offering them justification, anchor and
premise that they don’t have or deserve. On the other hand, the
generalization of the guilt of a few aberrant misguided individuals,
to engulf the adherents of a religion of 1.5 billion followers is an
outrageous judgment and amounts to an illegal collective punishment
on a global scale. Moreover, any attempt to implicate all Muslims in
such a wicked and wanton acts goes contrary to the well established
principles of international law," the statement said.
"It is therefore hoped that media will avoid resorting to any
reference to Islam when narrating such events in order not to
disseminate erroneous information that might jeopardize the basic
human rights of Muslims, the world over," the OIC statement added.
--SPA
