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Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:36 PM
Subject: Fw: Boycott Danish Products - Supported by Imam of Holy Mosque
Few of the (un)popular Danish Brands to be Boycotted are:
a.. Lurpack Butter
b.. Saudia Milk Dairy and Fruit Juices
c.. KDD Milk, Dairy and Fruit Juices
d.. Ecco Footwear
e.. Kinder Chocolates
f.. Lego - Toys
g.. Dyrup Paints
h.. Bang & Olufsen Accessories
i.. Grundfos Pumps
j.. Suntop Fruit Drinks
k.. Puck Cheese.
Imams Back Call for Danish Boycott in Cartoons Row
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 28 January 2006 - Imams of mosques across the Kingdom yesterday
denounced Danish and Norwegian newspapers that published cartoons tarnishing
the image of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and urged Islamic
countries to confront such hostile campaigns.
Delivering his Friday sermon, Sheikh Osama Khayyat, imam of the Grand
Mosque in Makkah, emphasized the lofty position of the Prophet in the minds of
Muslims.
"The Prophet Muhammad was sent to the world as a mercy," Khayyat said,
quoting a verse from the Holy Qur'an. He said such blasphemous cartoons would
not affect the noble personality of the Prophet.
He commended the Saudi government for taking a firm stand against the
cartoons that defiled the Prophet and his teachings. "This goodly government
has warmed our hearts with its clear Islamic stance," Khayyat said in the
sermon aired by state television. "It showed its extreme displeasure, did
justice to the Prophet and warned of the dangers of continuing this grave
hostile path," he said.
Jyllands-Posten, Denmark's largest newspaper, ran 12 cartoons last
September, including one in which the Prophet is portrayed wearing a turban
shaped as a bomb. Islam considers images of prophets disrespectful and
caricatures of them blasphemous.
The sermon of Sheikh Ali Al-Hudaify, imam of the Prophet's Mosque in
Madinah, also centered on the cartoon issue. He said many people in the past
had tried to defame the Prophet. "They were thrown in the dustbin of history
and nobody remembers them," the imam said, adding that Muhammad (pbuh) is
remembered as a great Prophet and reformer.
The imam said the mockery of the Prophet would be considered a mockery
of other prophets such as Moses, Jesus and Abraham (peace be upon them).
"We call upon governments, organizations and scholars in the Islamic
world to extend support for campaigns protesting the sacrilegious attacks on
the Prophet. They should also highlight the danger posed by such vilifications,
using international forums and information media," Hudaify said.
Saudi companies and organizations have already called for a boycott of
Danish products until the daily apologizes for publishing the cartoons. Imams
of mosques across the Kingdom yesterday used their Friday sermons to back the
boycott campaign.
Abdullah Al-Othaim, executive president of Al-Othaim Holding Company,
has said that his company would boycott of Danish products. "As Denmark has
freedom of the press, we Muslims have freedom to buy or not to buy their
products," he said.
Al-Othaim's decision, which he says includes a boycott of any supplier
that includes Danish products, may help to impact SR1.3 billion worth of
exports to Saudi Arabia.
"This is religious duty and all businessmen should do something," said
Sultan, manager of a Riyadh supermarket which had signs warning customers where
the Danish products were.
Norway said on Thursday it had advised its Middle East embassies to
voice regret that an Oslo-based newspaper ran reprints of the cartoons.
Kari Karame, an expert in conflicts and the Middle East at the
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, said it was wrong to exploit
freedom of speech to defend any insults. "It's a very bad principle to say you
can treat people who are different from you as you want because of freedom of
expression," she told Reuters.
The cartoons have sparked uproar in the Muslim world. Saleh Al-Wohaibi,
secretary-general of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, called the newspaper's
actions part of "a culture of Islamophobia". The Organization of the Islamic
Conference, the Muslim World League and the Arab Foreign Ministers Council have
issued statements condemning the cartoons.
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