Sanaa: Yemeni women on Wednesday staged a demonstration demanding the United Nations enact international laws criminalising abuses against beliefs and prophets.
Carrying placards and chanting slogans denouncing the abuses against the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the women marched to the United Nations office in Sanaa and sat there for two hours.
They handed over to UN officials a statement condemning the Danish newspaper which published cartoons about Islam and its Prophet.
"We deplore what was published by the Danish and Norwegian newspapers, we condemn the cartoons which offended the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), we demand enacting laws criminalising abuses against religions and prophets," said the statement.
The newspapers hurt the feelings of more than 1.2 billion Muslims all over the world, the statement added.
"The attempts to offend the prophets create only hatred, extremism and conflicts between civilisations, and such acts have dangerous reflections on security and stability of the world," adds the statement.
The statement also called for punishing those who perpetrated the abuses.
Meanwhile, mosques leaders throughout the country have been condemning the abuses. They called media in the Arab and Muslim world to defend Islam.
Yemen official and non-official media denounced the abuses published in the Danish newspaper.
"Abusing religions is a flagrant violation of all principles of humanitarian coexistence, harmony and dialogue," the official newspaper Al Thawra said.
The demonstrators called for boycotting Danish products. To this end, SMS messages were also used among Yemenis for condemning the abuses.
