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Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

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If a French court can stop the publication of compromising photos of Kate Middleton, why shouldn’t it stop the publication of cartoons that denigrate the Prophet Mohammed? The head of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation draws that parallel in an interview with Armen Georgian. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu’s remarks highlight the gulf between attitudes in the Muslim world and the secular West.

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