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29-01-06, 09:34
Qaradawi call to boycott products
Web posted at: 1/29/2006 6:40:18
Source ::: The Peninsula/ AFP
DOHA: Islamic scholars, while delivering the Friday sermon at various mosques in Qatar, urged Muslims to boycott the products of Denmark and Norway, to protest against 12 caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) that appeared in some newspapers in these countries recently.
Muslims consider it sacrilegious to paint, draw or visualise the image of the Prophet (PBUH) in any form. The International Islamic Union chaired by Doha-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi had called for boycott of products from these two countries until their governments issue a formal apology to the Islamic world on the issue. The union also urged Arab and Islamic countries to put pressure on these countries to comply with the Muslim demand.
“This incident reflects the hatred of the West towards Muslims and their Prophet (PBUH). These countries will learn a lesson only when they lose millions of euros,” said one of the speakers at a mosque in Doha.
The boycott, if implemented, would hit hard the economies of these two countries, especially Denmark, a local Arabic daily said. Exports by Denmark to the Arab peninsula stands at 4.8bn kroner (QR2.81bn), the paper said.
The boycott call didn’t have a noticeable impact on the local market so far, dealers said yesterday.
Retailers in Gulf, meanwhile, were pulling Danish products from their shelves.
Major Saudi supermarkets posted notices saying “Danish products are not sold” over their cheese displays. Sheikh Ali Al Huzaifi, the Imam of the holy mosque in Madinah, urged Muslim governments to recall their ambassadors and freeze trade with Denmark and Norway “who permit such nonsense, calling it democracy”.
“Ridiculing the Prophet (PBUH) is an appalling crime which should not pass without response, because that would allow others in the future to commit the same indecent act,” he told Friday worshippers.
In Kuwait, the Union of Cooperative Societies, the largest retail network, said all Danish products will be withdrawn starting today. Some 50 companies have decided to stop importing Danish goods.
Web posted at: 1/29/2006 6:40:18
Source ::: The Peninsula/ AFP
DOHA: Islamic scholars, while delivering the Friday sermon at various mosques in Qatar, urged Muslims to boycott the products of Denmark and Norway, to protest against 12 caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) that appeared in some newspapers in these countries recently.
Muslims consider it sacrilegious to paint, draw or visualise the image of the Prophet (PBUH) in any form. The International Islamic Union chaired by Doha-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi had called for boycott of products from these two countries until their governments issue a formal apology to the Islamic world on the issue. The union also urged Arab and Islamic countries to put pressure on these countries to comply with the Muslim demand.
“This incident reflects the hatred of the West towards Muslims and their Prophet (PBUH). These countries will learn a lesson only when they lose millions of euros,” said one of the speakers at a mosque in Doha.
The boycott, if implemented, would hit hard the economies of these two countries, especially Denmark, a local Arabic daily said. Exports by Denmark to the Arab peninsula stands at 4.8bn kroner (QR2.81bn), the paper said.
The boycott call didn’t have a noticeable impact on the local market so far, dealers said yesterday.
Retailers in Gulf, meanwhile, were pulling Danish products from their shelves.
Major Saudi supermarkets posted notices saying “Danish products are not sold” over their cheese displays. Sheikh Ali Al Huzaifi, the Imam of the holy mosque in Madinah, urged Muslim governments to recall their ambassadors and freeze trade with Denmark and Norway “who permit such nonsense, calling it democracy”.
“Ridiculing the Prophet (PBUH) is an appalling crime which should not pass without response, because that would allow others in the future to commit the same indecent act,” he told Friday worshippers.
In Kuwait, the Union of Cooperative Societies, the largest retail network, said all Danish products will be withdrawn starting today. Some 50 companies have decided to stop importing Danish goods.