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Dato Bandar London sertai demo bantahan penerbitan
kartun hina Nabi Muhammad
Rozmal
SUBHANALLAH. Dato Bandar London, Mayor Ken Livingstone
telah mengetuai perarakan aman yang disertai beribu-ribu penunjuk
perasaan di kotaraya London bagi membantah penyiaran kartun menghina
Nabi saw pada hari Sabtu 11 Februari 2006
Dato Bandar KL, Ipoh, Johor Bharu, Melaka, Menteri-Menteri Besar,
Wakil-Wakil Parlimen dan Wakil Rakyat kat Malaysia ni bila pula nak
ketuai perarakan aman membantah penyiaran kartun junjungan kita Nabi
Muhammad saw ?
Laporan dari Islam Online 11 Feb 2006
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-02/11/article01.shtml
Livingstone Leads Cartoon Protest, Norway Apologizes
"I am supporting this event because it will allow the views of the
mainstream Muslim community to be properly heard," said Livingstone.
LONDON, February 11, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) London
Mayor Ken Livingstone leads Saturday, February 11, thousands of Britons
in a London rally to protest at Danish cartoons that mocked Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as a Norwegian magazine that
published the blasphemous drawings apologized to the Muslim world.
"I am supporting this event because, unlike some of the BBC's coverage,
it will allow the views of the mainstream Muslim community to be
properly heard,"
Reuters quoted Livingstone as telling reporters.
He was referring to the British broadcasters devoting too much coverage
to a rally by a "tiny minority" -- as he put it -- of Muslim hardliners
who had taken part in the highly publicized protest at the Danish
embassy last week.
Livingstone also criticized the BBC for briefly showing the cartoons on
some of its news bulletins.
"There is no excuse for breaking the law and anyone who does so should
and will face prosecution, but there is no getting away from the fact
that this whole episode has allowed much of Europe's media to engage in
an orgy of Islamophobia," Livingstone said.
The drawings were first published in a Danish newspaper, but have since
appeared in a number of other publications in Europe.
The Danish newspaper that first published the cartoons has apologized
for offending Muslims, although not for printing the drawings.
Legitimate Voice
Muslims protest against the cartoons in front of the Danish embassy in
Caracas. (Reuters)
The London rally�s organizers, including the Muslim Council of Britain
and the Muslim Association of Britain, said in a statement the march
expresses the "legitimate voice" of the Muslim minority in Britain.
"The first message we want to send to the country is that of the
legitimate voice of the Muslim community as opposed to those that
hijacked last week's demonstration outside the Danish embassy," the
organizers said in a statement carried by Reuters.
Last week, about 400 angry protesters gathered outside the Danish
embassy in London carrying placards with slogans such as "Massacre those
who insult Islam".
One man was dressed as a suicide bomber and has since been arrested for
breaching his prison parole order. He apologized to the British people,
especially the families of the 7/7 victims for hurting their feelings.
Appealing to Muslims to remain peaceful, the organizers said: "It may
appear to them that there is a great Western conspiracy against their
faith, but there are a large number of people who are on the side of
reconciliation, and we hope that comes out loud and clear on Saturday."
Muslim scholars from Cairo to Copenhagen have urged Muslims protesting
against the Danish cartoons to stop violent rallies and display
restraint.
The protests go Friday unabated with around 200 mainly Muslim protesters
marched to the Danish Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, and burnt a Danish
and an American flag.
"I am a Christian. I am supporting my friends. There has to be respect,
whether you're Christian, Muslim or Shiite, you have to respect
everything," Elias Antonio, a young Venezuelan protester sporting a red
baseball cap, told Reuters.
It was the first such demonstration in Latin America in a sweeping
global protest over the cartoons that has brought millions of Muslims to
the streets from Jakarta to Nairobi.
Norwegian Apology
Magazinet editor Selbekk (L) meets with the chairman of the Islamic
Council of Norway Hamdan in Oslo.
(Reuters)
Meanwhile, the editor of a Norwegian Christian newspaper apologized to
Muslims on Friday for publishing the cartoons. Vebjoern Selbekk, who
initially defended his January 10 publication of the cartoons in
Magazinet as an expression of press freedom, shook hands after his
apology with a Muslim leader in Norway who said he considered the
controversy over, Reuters reported.
"I address myself personally to the Muslim community to say that I am
sorry that your religious feelings have been hurt," Selbekk told a news
conference. "It was never our intent to hurt anyone."
"I, as editor, did not fully understand how hurtful the publication of
the facsimile was. I would like to apologies for that today."
He also said he "deeply regretted" upsetting Muslims.
The Islamic Council in Norway welcomed Selbekk's apology and said they
would protect him.
"Anyone who touches him, touches us," said Mohammad Hamdan, leader of
the council who shook Selbekk's hand after a joint news conference
hosted by Norway's Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion Bjarne Haakon
Hanssen.
"I understand ... that he has children the same age as mine. I want his
children to grow up together, live together in peace, and become
friends," Hamdan said.
"Our Prophet Muhammad has said that everyone can make mistakes but the
best is the one who expresses regret and asks for forgiveness," he said.
Hanssen praised Selbekk and Hamdan for their accord.
"When these two are building bridges, it creates a basis for
reconciliation and a hope that others will do the same."
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