Islamic FMs to Hold Meeting to Discuss Reaction to Anti-Islam Movie

Foreign Ministers of the members of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plan to hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss reaction to the recent insult to Islam’s Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

OIC Secretariat said that the OIC foreign ministers will convene on the sidelines of 67th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York on Friday to adopt a measure to prevent similar anti-Islam provocations in the western countries.

The OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanolgu will put forward initiatives to encourage the western governments to stop blasphemy against Islam in the western countries, the Islamic republic news agency reported on Thursday.

Ihsanoglu said that he conveyed grievances of the Islamic nations about anti-Islam provocations in the United States to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to take precautionary measures to Islamophobic provocations in the US and European countries.

The anti-Islam film has drawn condemnation from numerous countries including Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Morocco, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, etc.

In Iran, millions of Iranians in Tehran and other cities across the country held nationwide rallies in protest against the recent desecration of Islam.

The Iranian protesters chanted “Death to the US” and “Death to Israel” slogans, expressing disgust at the US and the Zionist regime’s anti-Islam policies.

The film called “Innocence of Muslims”, previously called Desert Warriors and Innocence of Bin Laden, is a 2012 anti-Muslim movie which insults Muslims’ Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). The film has been financed by more than 100 Jews and produced by an American-Israeli man in the US.

The film was being promoted by a Florida pastor, Terry Jones, known for previous Quran-burning stunts that angered Muslims in various countries.