Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iran
April 12 2008

Armenia condemns blasphemy

Moscow, April 12, IRNA

An Armenian judicial official on Saturday condemned blaspheming
religions sanctities by certain Western extremist circles.

Head of Armenian Constitutional Court, Gagik Harutyunyan, made the
remarks in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Armenia, Ali Saqaian.

Tehran-Yerevan judicial cooperation was discussed by the two
officials.

Referring to a Dutch film blaspheming Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and
Holy Quran, he said the Yerevan government condemns insult to divine
religions.

A Dutch far-right MP, Geert Wilder, launched a 15-minutes film,
Fitna, on Internet on March 27, also featured one of the Danish
cartoons whose publication sparked violent protests in several
countries two years ago.

Several Islamic countries have strongly condemned Wilder’s heinous,
blasphemous and anti-Islamic film which set verses from the holy
Quran against a background of violent images from terror attacks.

The Jeddah-based Organization of the Islamic Conference has also
added its voice to the growing criticism of the anti-Islam film.

The OIC said in a statement that the film defamed and denigrated "the
Holy Quran, causing insult to the sentiments of more than 1.3 billion
Muslims in the world."
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was also one of the
senior international figures who condemned the film, calling it
"offensively anti-Islamic" while urging calm.

Four Majlis deputies, in a written note to Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday, called for review of bilateral
relations with the Netherlands in protest at anti-Islam film made by
the Dutch MP.

The MPs strongly called for review of Iran’s political and economic
ties with the Netherlands.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress