Hizbut Tahrir protests blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in Europe

The publication of cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad in European newspapers could not be separated from the `war on terror` being waged by the US, Europe and their allies, the Muslim organization said in a statement.

The rally was a reaction to the publication of cartoons blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad by the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark, and other media in Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain as well as several other European countries.

"The publication of the cartoons is a deliberate act, and therefore we demand the death sentence for the perpetrators," the rally`s coordinator, Lutfi Afandi, said.

Publication of the blasphemous cartoons in European countries represented a destructive human rights doctrine, he said.

"We strongly condemn the blasphemy," he said.

Hizbut Tahrir urged the Indonesian government to take a stern stance on the blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad happening repeatedly in Europe.

Seventeen Danish newspapers reprinted on February 13 a drawing of a man described as the Prophet Muhammad with a ticking bomb in his turban.

Meanwhile, IINA (International Islamic News Agency) reported from Doha that renowned Islamic scholar Yusuf Qaradhawi has called on Muslims worldwide to react calmly and rationally to the ...