OIC Sec-Gen Denounces Calls to Kill Cartoonists

(Islamabad, Pakistan) The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has denounced calls for killing cartoonists.

From DailyTimes.com.pk:

Such calls are against the teachings of Islam and do no good to the image of Muslims around the world, Ihsanoglu said at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Khrushid Kasuri after talks between the two. "Nobody has the right to kill anybody," he said in response to a question about a fatwa issued by a Pakistani cleric.

Unfortunately, he followed up his denouncement of killing cartoonists with a call for international laws to criminalize "acts of defamation" against Islam. Ihsanoglu plans to meet with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan prior to issuing a joint declaration stressing the need for laws on "defamation of religion."

It seems that if the Muslims get their way, we can kiss the Bill of Rights goodbye, starting with that pesky First Amendment.