RESOLUTION B3-1573/92

The European Parliament,

- recalling its previous resolutions on the application of Islamic justice,

- recalling its resolutions concerning the application of Sharia law within the constitutional framework of Pakistan,

- recalling its resolutions on the death penalty,

- recalling its dedication to human rights throughout the world,

1. Deplores the sentencing to death by Iranian religious authorities of Salman Rushdie for the publication of a book;

2. Deplores the doubling by the Iranian authorities of the bounty for the murder of Salman Rushdie;

3. Deplores the death sentence imposed, following the due process of law, on Gul Masih in Pakistan based on oral evidence for blasphemy against Mohammed;

4. Urges the Iranian authorities to have regard to their role in the new world order;

5. Notes that the case of Gul Masih is under appeal and urges clemency;

6. Requests the United Nations to undertake a register of death sentences passed or carried out on religious grounds;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the relevant governments and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.