UN official expresses ‘deep concern’ over Mohammed cartoon tensions

United Nations, United States, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):The head of a UN anti-extremism body expressed “deep concern” Wednesday about growing tensions over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, urging “mutual respect” between people of different faiths and political views. The statement by Miguel Angel Moratinos — who heads the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations — follows growing anger in the Muslim world over France’s response to the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils the images as part of a class on free speech. President Emmanuel Macron has vigorously defended the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed on … Continue reading UN official expresses ‘deep concern’ over Mohammed cartoon tensions