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Italian FM criticizes French weekly’s ridiculing of Muslim prophet

19 September 2012 23:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Italian Foreign Minster Giulio Terzi on Wednesday reviewed a French weekly’s ridiculing Prophet Mohammed as "irresponsible sensationalism" which has fueled the anger in the Muslim world, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

"Religions are fundamental, they are important for many billions of people, and no one should allow themselves to mock them or joke about these values," Terzi said.

He criticized that some people in the West were guilty of "irresponsible sensationalism" by abusing "deep religious sensibilities that must be respected for personal advantage", according to local media.

He also pointed out that it was possible to prosecute those who had offended religion under Italy’s criminal code. "I think this should be a common principle to all the countries of the world," he added.

The French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday portrayed Prophet Mohammad naked in cartoons, exacerbating the outrage in the Muslim world after a U.S.-produced anti-Islam film had already sparked deadly protests all over the world last week.