General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council has strongly condemned the shameful act perpetrated by the Norwegian "Magazinet" magazine which followed the Danish daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten in publishing cartoons blasphemous to the Prophet (peace be upon him.) In a press statement today, the General Secretariat said that such anti-Islamic acts surpass the freedom of free speech and press and represent a violation of international values and principles. The General Secretariat called for an end to such shameful practices.