The youth branch of Denmark's third biggest political party - known for its populist anti-immigration stance - regrets that some of its members mocked the Prophet Muhammad during a summer camp earlier this year, it said Friday. | “Despite the regret, the group said it was "OK to poke fun" at religious and political figures. Kenneth Christens, chairman of the Danish People's Party Youth refused to apologize Friday for the actions of its members...” |
Shortly after word spread about the drawings, Egypt's largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, denounced what it called "new Danish insults" to Islam and urged the world to boycott countries that allow offenses to all religions. "Muslims are shocked by this new Danish insult," the Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement issued Saturday. It described the drawing as "the ugliest for God's most honorable human being, peace be upon him."
The Brotherhood, which enjoys wide popularity in Egypt and across the Arab World, urged Muslims on Saturday to boycott products from Denmark and any other country that would allow such an "insult." It also called on Muslims to "express denouncement through peaceful means, by demonstrations and protests."
"The repetition of such actions is evidence of the depth of enmity carried by certain sectors in the West toward Islam and the prophet," the Brotherhood statement said.