Monday, June 08, 2015

Egypt Minister Calls for International Law to Criminalize Contempt of Religion

Mohammed Craps a Kaaba

Egypt’s minister for religious endowments called for the issuance of an “international law to criminalise contempt of religion” on Sunday.
A ministry official spoke on behalf of Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa during a conference for world religious leaders in Kazakhstan, the state news agency MENA reported.
Gomaa believes the international law, which he is calling for, should criminalise contempt of religion “without any discrimination.”
Gomaa warned from the use of religion for political or sectarian reasons, making the message of heavenly religions the “fuel of endless conflicts”.
In January, gunmen attacked French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris, killing a dozen people. Over the next two days, five more people were killed in France in related shootings and the attack was the cause for much tension in Europe and globally.

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