Iranian top cleric emphasises on the need to confront conspiracies of Zionist-American Think Tanks

Qom (IP) - Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani, one of the grand Marjas in Qom, called the insult to the Qur'an an attempt by Zionist and American think tanks to expand Islamophobia and emphasized that Muslims should stand against this sinister plan with unity and solidarity.

 Iran Press/Iran news: Pointing to the incident in which a copy of the Qur'an was set on fire by Swedish far-right groups in the illegal anti-Islamic demonstration on August 28 in Malmö, Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani on Saturday condemned the insult to the Holy Qur'an and stressed: "The shameful act of insulting the Holy Qur'an has caused suffering for all free human beings."

Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani called on the leaders of Islamic countries and international organizations to react seriously to this issue and prevent the repetition of such actions.

Earlier, the Association of Seminary Teachers of Qom, in a statement condemning the insult to the Holy Qu'ran, emphasized: "Insulting the Holy Qu'ran under the pretext of freedom of belief is in fact the slaughter of freedom and the criminal mutilation of belief."

The statement said: "International legal institutions must respond decisively to a series of targeted insults and defend the ideas and beliefs of more than 1.5 billion Muslims."      101/207

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