A Spokesman of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Observatory on Islamophobia today in a statement expressed frustration over the decision of the Public Prosecutor of the Netherlands to drop charges against the Dutch legislator and producer of the blasphemous film “Fitna” for inciting hatred. The Spokesman added that the decision of the Prosecutor amounts to encouraging and promoting irresponsible media persecution and nursing a grudge, hostility and hatred against Muslims, in total disregard of the international law, treaties, conventions and covenant, and mainly the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 to which the Netherlands is a party, which consider that “any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitute discrimination, ‘hostility' or violence shall be prohibited by law.” The Spokesman further added that this attitude of the authorities in the Netherlands is not conducive to facilitating dialogue or reaching understanding on sensitive issues which entails disagreements and risks.
