Objective behind blasphemous sketches was to challenge the Muslims: Ch Brothers

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League -Q President and former Prime Minister Senator Ch Shujat Hussain and senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi have demanded that the matter relating to blasphemous sketches should be raised at the international level.

In a joint statement, they said that OIC should play its role and Muslim countries will have to forge unity in their ranks over this matter. Entire Muslim Ummah including Pakistan protesting against this occurrence, no words strong enough to condemn and deplore it, they added.

They said that Islam is a peace loving religious, we have to make it point clear to the world that the Muslim is not extremist, the objective behind these blasphemous sketches was to challenge the honour (ghairat) of the Muslims, we want to make it clear to the publishers of blasphemous sketches that the respect and honour of the Holy Prophet of Almighty Allah is safe and will always remain so forever.

They further said that the PML will stage protest outside the Senate, National and Provincial Assemblies and demanded that the magazine which has published blasphemous sketches should immediately be closed. Islam is not a religion of promoting terrorism and teaches lesson of peace and brotherhood, they concluded.