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Tehran's Armenian diocese slams Charlie Hebdo's insulting cartoon
Political Desk
On Line: 20 January 2015 18:00
In Print: Wednesday 21 January 2015
TEHRAN - The Armenian Diocese of Tehran has condemned French weekly
Charlie Hebdo for publishing an insulting cartoon of Islam's holy
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Speaking at a cultural ceremony in Iran's capital on Monday, Sahak
Khosravian, the representative of the Archbishop of Armenian church in
Tehran, lashed out at the French satirical magazine for its
sacrilegious move, according to the Tasnim news agency.
"The Armenian Diocese of Tehran, for its part, condemns such a move.
We condemn insults to any dear prophet as a shameful action, and hope
that such moves would not occur anywhere in the world," Khosravian
said.
Last Wednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo, which sold millions of
copies, shows a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad holding a "Je suis
Charlie" (I am Charlie) sign, a slogan widely used following the
January 7 attack on the magazine.
MT/MD
http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/121167-tehrans-armenian-diocese-slams-charlie-hebdos-insulting-cartoon
Political Desk
On Line: 20 January 2015 18:00
In Print: Wednesday 21 January 2015
TEHRAN - The Armenian Diocese of Tehran has condemned French weekly
Charlie Hebdo for publishing an insulting cartoon of Islam's holy
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Speaking at a cultural ceremony in Iran's capital on Monday, Sahak
Khosravian, the representative of the Archbishop of Armenian church in
Tehran, lashed out at the French satirical magazine for its
sacrilegious move, according to the Tasnim news agency.
"The Armenian Diocese of Tehran, for its part, condemns such a move.
We condemn insults to any dear prophet as a shameful action, and hope
that such moves would not occur anywhere in the world," Khosravian
said.
Last Wednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo, which sold millions of
copies, shows a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad holding a "Je suis
Charlie" (I am Charlie) sign, a slogan widely used following the
January 7 attack on the magazine.
MT/MD
http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/121167-tehrans-armenian-diocese-slams-charlie-hebdos-insulting-cartoon