Iran Press/ Iran News: In a court-authorized act of sacrilege against the Muslim holy book, two men stood outside Stockholm Central Mosque on Wednesday and burned a copy of the Holy Quran.
The move was made to coincide with the Muslim festivity of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the conclusion of the annual hajj pilgrimage.
In a phone conversation with the OIC Secretary-General Hussein Ibrahim Taha on Friday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian discussed the sacrilegious burning of a copy of the Qur'an outside a mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
Amir-Abdollahian said the OIC foreign ministers should hold the meeting as soon as possible to address the issue.
He said the meeting can be convened at the same time as the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku, Azerbaijan, on July 5-6.
The top Iranian diplomat once again censured the recent offensive and provocative act against the Qur'an.
For his part, Hussein Ibrahim Taha hailed Iran's leading role in the OIC and the attention it gives to the condemnation of the blasphemous act.
He said the OIC plans to convene an emergency meeting in the Saudi city of Jeddah at the level of ambassadors and permanent representatives toward that end.
Many Arab and Muslim countries have condemned the move.
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