Churches denounce harm from cartoons, but also condemn violence

In denouncing the harm that sections of the Christian leaders worldwide have also condemned the violence spawned from angry protests.

In denouncing the harm that sections of the Christian leaders worldwide have also condemned the violence spawned from angry protests. The general secretary of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation, the Rev. Ishmael Noko, said the cartoons were deeply offensive to Muslim religious sentiments, but he warned that the crisis around them should not be falsely presented as a conflict between secular rights and religious values.