Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland inadmissible, says UN official...

UN Director-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze said Friday that calls for jihad by a head of state were unacceptable, after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi made such a call against Switzerland.

Asked by journalists about one state calling for jihad against the other, Ordzhonikidze said: "I believe that such declarations on the part of the head of state are inadmissible in international relations.

"I'm not even talking about actions," he added.

Kadhafi turned up the heat in his country's dispute with Switzerland on Thursday, calling for jihad over a recent Swiss ban on the construction of minarets. More...

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