- Sweden authorities strongly reacts to desecration of Holy Quran.
- Such a ‘vile act’ is disrespectful to Muslims, says UNAOC official.
- “Int’l legislation binds all states to ban any advocacy of non secular hatred.”
Reacting to the “despicable act” of the general public desecration of a replica of the Holy Quran on the event of Eid ul Adha, the Swedish authorities on Saturday strongly condemned the “Islamophobic act dedicated by people within the nation.
In a press release, Sweden’s ministry of overseas affairs stated: “This act on no account displays the opinions of the Swedish authorities.”
A person tore up and burned a replica of the holy ebook outdoors Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday. Police later charged the person with agitation in opposition to an ethnic or nationwide group.
A collection of demonstrations in Sweden in opposition to Islam has offended the Muslim world, together with Turkey, whose overseas minister stated it was unacceptable to permit anti-Islam protests within the identify of freedom of expression.
UNAOC slams desecration of Holy Quran
Earlier as we speak, a prime official for the UN Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC) unequivocally condemned the “vile act” of burning pages of the Holy Quran in entrance of a mosque within the centre of Stockholm as Muslims have been providing Eid ul Adha prayer.
In a press release, Miguel Moratinos, the UNAOC’s Excessive Consultant, stated that “such a ‘vile act’ is disrespectful to Muslims.”
Moratinos reiterated the significance of upholding the liberty of expression as a elementary human proper.
On the similar time, he pressured that the desecration of sacred books and locations of worship in addition to non secular symbols was “unacceptable and may result in incitement of violence.”
He additionally reiterated that mutual respect was important for constructing and selling simply, inclusive, and peaceable societies rooted in human rights and dignity for all.
On this context, the excessive consultant recalled the United Nations Plan of Motion to safeguard non secular websites led by the UNAOC, which gives an overarching framework and a set of suggestions together with strengthening non secular pluralism and selling mutual respect and human dignity.
Pakistan condemns ‘despicable act’
Pakistan, on June 29, strongly condemned the “despicable act” of the general public burning of a replica of the Holy Quran in Sweden on the event of Eid ul Adha, in one other incident of desecration of the sacred ebook.
“Such wilful incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence can’t be justified beneath the pretext of freedom of expression and protest,” a press release issued by the Overseas Workplace in condemnation of the abhorrent incident learn.
The FO acknowledged that worldwide legislation binds all of the states to stop and prohibit any advocacy of “non secular hatred” that results in incitement of violence.
“The recurrence of such Islamophobic incidents throughout the previous couple of months within the West calls into critical query the authorized framework which allows such hate-driven actions.”
The FO, on Pakistan’s behalf, reiterated that the precise to freedom of expression and opinion doesn’t present a license to stoke hatred and sabotage inter-faith concord.
It stated that the issues relating to the matter have been being raised with the federal government of Sweden.
It additionally urged the worldwide group and the nationwide governments to undertake credible and concrete measures to stop the rising incidents of xenophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred.
— Further enter from APP