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MWL Wants Lawsuits for Abuse of Islam and the Prophet
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News

JEDDAH, 28 December 2006 — A two-day conference organized by the Makkah-based Muslim World League yesterday called for a consultative commission in order to take legal action against those who abuse Islam and its Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Islamic sanctities, at local and international courts of justice, the Saudi Press Agency said.

The conference titled “In Defense of the Prophet” called upon Islamic countries and governments to stand united to defend the Islamic faith and its Prophet. It denounced the smear campaigns to tarnish the image of the Prophet and urged Muslims to make all-out efforts to project the true picture of Islam and the great divine teachings of the Prophet.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who presided over the conference, called upon Muslims to follow the Prophet’s teachings.

“Our enemies are exploiting Muslims’ weak adherence to the Prophet’s Sunnah,” said Al-Asheikh. “We should not be ashamed of implementing his Sunnah. On the other hand, all Muslims must observe his teachings in all walks of their life.”

MWL Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Turki said the attack on the Prophet was an expression of enmity toward Islam.

“The whole Muslim Ummah, including its leadership, scholars and ordinary people was outraged by such attacks and this again shows the lofty position the Prophet has in their hearts,” he said in reference to the Muslim response to cartoons depicting the Prophet.

MWL plans to launch an international program to introduce the Prophet and the conference called for setting up a fund to support the program. “The anti-Islam campaign also intends to trigger a cultural conflict between the Islamic world and the West and create a situation of clash and conflict in place of dialogue and peaceful coexistence,” the MWL chief said.

Al-Turki called upon Western countries to protect human rights of Muslim communities and take action against those who create unnecessary fear about Islam by linking it with terrorism and violence.

“The creation of such fears will lead to violating human rights of Muslims and threats to their freedom and security,” he said. “It will also have other long-term negative impacts.”

Jamal Badawi, a Canadian-Muslim expert on Islam, spoke about the Prophet’s outstanding influence on human history.

“There is no other personality who has made such a positive impact on history,” he told the conference.


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Defending Islam 'is chief objective of every Muslim'
By Abdunabi Shaheen, Correspondent

Makkah: While inaugurating the seventh conference organised by Muslim World League (MWL) on defending Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said defending the Prophet against the slanderous attacks by enemies of Islam is the chief objective of every Muslim.

He said the belief in Islam rests on obeying the Prophet in his words and deeds and to love him more than one loves oneself, one's sons, parents and people.

Shaikh Al Shaikh said Muslims cannot prevent unbelievers from attacking Islam but they should keep defending it by peaceful means.

The conference aims to create awareness among Muslims about the importance of cooperating among themselves to face peacefully all the stereotyped campaigns directed against Islam to distort its image.

Addressing the conference, Dr Abdullah Bin Abdul Mohsen Al Turki, MWL Secretary General, said: "Western media is distorting the image of Islam by depicting it as a religion of terrorism. But the world is fully aware of the fact that Islam always advocates tolerance, peace, moderation and coherence."

Meanwhile, Dr Jamal Badewi, chief of the Islamic Organisation in Canada, said: "Throughout human history, the Prophet was the very first to take out the humanity from the darkness of ignorance, anarchy, idolism and barbarism to the light of monotheism, peace and justice. Islam taught international brotherhood, but alas how abhorrent it is that the West is inculcating hatred against Muslims and Islam.

"It is instilling in the minds and masses that Muslims are the enemy and the Prophet of humanity is the Prophet of the enemy."

Dr Ahmad Nafea Al Muwarri, a professor at Um Al Qurra University in Makkah stated in a presentation: "Defending Islam is an obligation, thus all Muslims should defend the faith.

"After 9/11, the Western media started campaigning against Muslims and Islam to the extent that they targeted the Prophet by publishing caricatures ridiculing him and showing him as a prophet of terrorism."

He called upon all Muslims to face these attacks by unifying their ranks and collectively defend the faith, stressing that Islamic teachings never allow Muslims to attack others religions.


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