By IINA
Sana’a : The Yemeni Parliament on Saturday strongly condemned the Dutch film broadcast on the Internet that disrespects the Holy Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The Parliament also condemned the insistence of the film director on the broadcast, pointing out that the film is inflammatory, encouraging deliberate discrimination against Muslims and calls for violence and hatred on the basis of religion, and stressed the need to respect all religions and religious beliefs and the values of dialogue, understanding and common tolerance among all religions, cultures, civilizations and religious groups without prejudice.
The parliament members also denounced the use of freedom of expression and democracy as a selective excuse to insult the beliefs of others and incite hatred and discord between peoples.
The Parliament also expressed appreciation for the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in condemning this film, calling on the United Nations to enact international legislation which criminalizes any offense to religions or prophets and holding the offenders accountable by law.