2023-06-29 08:52:00
08:52 GMT, June 29, 2023
Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey condemned the new burning of a Koran, the Muslim holy book, in Sweden on June 28 on the first day of Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice, one of the most important in the Muslim world.
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On June 28, a man burned the Koran in front of a mosque in the Swedish capital after receiving authorization from the authorities. Although Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson defended the authorities’ permission to burn the Koran, he qualified it as “inappropriate.”
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For its part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia He stated that the new burning of a Koran in Sweden undermines efforts to fight extremism, as well as affects the mutual respect necessary to build relations between countries and peoples.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strongly condemns the burning of the Koran by one of the extremists in front of the central mosque of Stockholm in Sweden (…) It is impossible to accept these recurring hate actions whatever their pretext. They directly contradict international efforts aimed at to disseminate the principles of tolerance, peaceful coexistence and curbing extremism,” the statement said.
The note also stresses that these actions “undermine the mutual respect necessary to build relations between countries and peoples.”
Turkey calls on Sweden to prosecute those responsible for burning the Koran
Ankara urges Stockholm to take concrete steps to bring to justice those involved in the burning of the Koran, Turkish Vice President Jevdet Yilmaz declared.
“This provocation has nothing to do with freedom of expression. We urge the Swedish authorities to take concrete measures. The action has nothing to do with democracy, on the contrary, it is a blow against democracy, against democratic values “said the Turkish vice president.
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The leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and former candidate for the Turkish presidency, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, also called the silence of the Swedish authorities “shameful”.
“It is shameful that the Holy Quran was burned in Sweden on the first day of the blessed festival of Eid al Adha, and the authorities have remained silent on this hate crime under the pretext of ‘free speech’. I condemn this violence that incites hatred instead of promoting love and peace between races and religions,” Kilicdaroglu posted on his Twitter account.
Iran: Desecration of Holy Books Evidence of “Rhetoric of Violence and Hate”
In turn, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaani, stated that Iran expresses its strongest condemnation of the burning in Stockholm of another copy of the Koran.
“The Government and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran, like other Muslims and progressive people in the world, will not tolerate this type of insult and strongly condemn it,” said the spokesman, quoted by the Iranian Foreign Ministry in its account. Telegram.
The desecration of sacred books, he continued, evidences “a rhetoric of violence and hatred” and is contrary to the values of human rights. Kanaani described as “provocative, reckless and inadmissible” Sweden’s decision to allow an act of contempt for the Koran when one of the most important holidays for the Muslim world is celebrated. In this regard, he called on the Nordic country to prevent further actions of this type.
Syria assures that the new burning of a Koran in Sweden will not go unanswered
The new burning of a Koran in Sweden will not go unanswered by the Arab-Muslim world, Syrian Grand Mufti Ajmad Badredin Hasun assured Sputnik.
“The Qur’an is the compilation of all holy scriptures, so burning a copy of it is a crime against all religious books, including the Torah and the Bible. Sweden knows that we, as a united Umma, will not be broken, for the Quran is in our hearts, not in the lines,” he said.
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He added that Sweden and European countries in general do this to humiliate people and insult their feelings. In his words, taking into account what happened in Stockholm, “we can affirm without fear of being wrong that they are now the real extremists, they are even worse than the militants of the Islamic State.”
Egypt: “it is a shameful act” that offends the feelings of Muslims
“This is a shameful act that offends the sentiments of Muslims around the world on the first day of Eid al-Adha,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The entity headed by Sameh Shoukry stressed that the incineration of the holy book of Muslims in Sweden contradicts the values of mutual respect and was driven by feelings of hatred.
The Egyptian Ministry also expressed their Concern over repeated attacks on the Qur’an and the increase in Islamophobia in some European countries, highlighting their total rejection of these acts against the Muslim faith. The entity called on the Government of Sweden and other European States to avoid inciting hate crimes and defend tolerance and peaceful coexistence between the different communities.
For its part, Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Sweden indefinitely in protest at the incineration of the Muslim holy book.
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