Wave of anger escalates over Danish affront [Archives:2006/919/Business & Economy]
The Yemeni Society for Consumer Protection has called on the public to boycott Danish and Norwegian products and buy alternative goods available in markets. It said the measure is a minimal expression in confronting what it described as dangerous attacks on Muslims by some Danish and Norwegian newspapers in publishing blasphemous cartoons against the Prophet Mohammed.
In a statement, the society said what the newspapers published was by all means a criminal act because it aimed deliberately to insult the prophet and the Islamic nation. It considers the cartoons' publication by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, in particular, a dangerous aggression against Islam and Muslims and a grave insult to values of respect and coexistence among religions. The society expressed its hope that the Danish and Norwegian governments would undertake their moral duty to make the two newspapers apologize publicly for what they have caused by insulting the Islamic religion and its prophet.
Several Yemeni societies also have called for boycotting Danish products. A number of Yemeni consumers stated their intention to boycott the country's products and exchange them for goods produced in countries respecting Mohammed and other prophets.
Grocer Abdullah Ali said, “Denmark is a friendly country, but allowing the insult against our prophet compels us to boycott its products until it takes measures restoring prestige to the Islamic nation and punishing its citizens who affronted our prophet.”
The feeling of boycotting Danish goods appeared very strong among Yemeni consumers. At the same time, Yemen's government and Parliament have strongly criticized the Danish press's blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed.
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