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Egypt’s al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s foremost religious institution, has strongly denounced the display of offensive cartoons against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Britain, which had been earlier republished by the disgraced French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Cairo-based institution’s Observatory for Combating Extremism described the caricatures as a “disgraceful act” which amounts to “hate speech”.
“This is an unjustified provocation of the feelings of nearly two billion Muslims around the world,” it said.
Al-Azhar said it was “saddened” by the incident, stressing its “total rejection” of such behavior.
“They [blasphemous caricatures] have become a clear embodiment of a serious defect in those societies,” the statement added. …
Egypt’s al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world’s foremost religious institution, has strongly denounced the display of offensive cartoons against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Britain, which had been earlier republished by the disgraced French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo.
In a statement released on Sunday, the Cairo-based institution’s Observatory for Combating Extremism described the caricatures as a “disgraceful act” which amounts to “hate speech”.
“This is an unjustified provocation of the feelings of nearly two billion Muslims around the world,” it said.
Al-Azhar said it was “saddened” by the incident, stressing its “total rejection” of such behavior.
“They [blasphemous caricatures] have become a clear embodiment of a serious defect in those societies,” the statement added. …
