Blasphemy issue being taken to OIC: Ashrafi
PM’s special representative calls for UN law to protect sanctity of all religions
Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Tahir Ashrafi. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD:
Special Representative of the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony, Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, has said the issue of blasphemous caricatures would be taken up at the forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
In a tweet on Monday, he said France had hurt the sentiments of Muslims in the month of Rabiul Awwal, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan had already raised this issue at every forum. Ashrafi said that love for Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) was part of our faith.
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Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore opened the 54th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Monday.
During the ceremony, which was held in Lahore’s Sacred Heart Cathedral, he invited everyone from the different Churches to pray for Christian reconciliation and unity.
The Week is taking place from 18 to 25 January. Its theme, “Abide in my Love… You shall bear much fruit” (
Jn 15:1-17), was chosen by the Community of Grandchamp (Switzerland). It expresses the community’s vocation for prayer, reconciliation and unity in the Church and in the human family.
During the prayer service for Christian Unity, Archbishop Shaw turned to the other church leaders and said it was Jesus desire from the beginning that we be one.