Grand Mufti鈥檚 warning over caricature
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EGYPT’S Grand Mufti yesterday warned the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo against publishing a new caricature of the Prophet Mohammad, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims.
“This edition will cause a new wave of hatred in French and Western society in general and what the magazine is doing does not serve coexistence or a dialogue between civilizations,” the office of Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam, one of the region’s most influential Muslim clerics, said in a statement.
“This is an unwarranted provocation against the feelings of ... Muslims around the world.”
The Grand Mufti described the attack on Charlie Hebdo as “terrorist” and Egypt’s Al-Azhar, a 1,000-year-old seat of religious learning respected by Muslims around the world, has referred to the attack as a criminal act. But they have been critical of caricatures of the prophet.
The Grand Mufti’s office called on the French government to reject what he called the “racist act” by Charlie Hebdo, accusing it of seeking to provoke “religious strife ... and deepen hatred.”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused the West of hypocrisy for its stance over the attacks in France while failing to condemn anti-Muslim acts.
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