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Euroasian Jewish News
The Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President Stands Up for Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
06.02.2006
Alexander Machkevitch, the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) President, denounced the publication of cartoons of Muslim Prophet Muhammad in a number of European newspapers, which triggered a protest in the Islamic world.
He said that "Islamic values and holy symbols have nothing to do with terrorism as it appears from the Danish cartoons".
Machkevitch noted that the scandal is unacceptable especially in Europe, where such propaganda had once led to the tragedy of Holocaust.
The head of the largest Jewish organization on the continent reminded that such Islamic countries as Jordan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Kazakhstan supported the UN resolution on the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
"Today it is our duty to forget discrepancies and help our Muslim brothers to restore their desecrated dignity and right themselves", Dr Machkevitch said.
However the Jewish leader warned the radical Islamic community against violence as means of problem-solving of the incident.
"We call on the Parties to handle the controversy by means of negotiating which has already proved effective in the Central Asia", Dr Machkevitch said.
He believes that the Danish society did not intend to outrage the Muslims and reminded that it was in Denmark, where Jews found their shelter from Nazis during the World War II.
Original publication (in Russian): lenta.ru
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