Iran Press/ Iran news: The emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on sacrilege of the Holy Qur'an began on Monday evening with the presence of the foreign ministers of the member states.
On June 28, under the protection of the Swedish police, Iraqi refugee "Salvan Momika" burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Stockholm mosque, once again he trampled the Holy Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm and shouted anti-Islamic slogans.
According to Iran Press citing Raialyoum newspaper, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation announced in a statement on Monday night at the virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the OIC member states:
1. Strongly condemns the recent despicable acts of aggression against the sanctity of the al-Mus’haf ash-Sharif{Holy Quran} in the Kingdom of Sweden, the latest of which took place in Stockholm, the capital city of the Kingdom of Sweden, Thursday 20 July 2023 and Copenhagen, the capital city of the Kingdom of Denmark on Monday 24July 2023 , deplores the recurrence of acts of desecration of al-Mus’haf ash-Sharif, and deeply regrets the continued issuance by the authorities of a permit allowing that action to occur, and the failure to take the necessary measures to prevent such acts in Sweden and Denmark.
2. Considers that not taking measures by the authorities in Sweden and Denmark to prevent the recurrence of such acts is contrary to UN Security Council Resolution No.2686 (2023) adopted on 14th June 2023 pertaining to international tolerance, peace, and security."
This statement also stressed:" Reiterating the importance of promoting dialogue, understanding, and cooperation among religions, cultures, and civilizations for peace and harmony in the world and that spreading the values of tolerance and peace is the best way to confront hate speech, fanaticism, extremism, violence, and incitement;"
In this statement, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation emphasized the need to take appropriate political and economic decisions against the countries where the Qur'an has been insulted saying:
"Condemns all attempts to denigrate the sanctity of al-Mus’haf ash-Sharif as well as other sacred books, values and symbols of Islam and other religions under the garb of freedom of expression, which is contrary to the spirit of Articles (19) and (20) of the ICCPR and calls upon the international community to unanimously stand against those provocative attempts."
The statement also reads "Condemns all attempts to denigrate the sanctity of al-Mus’haf ash-Sharif as well as other sacred books, values and symbols of Islam and other religions under the garb of freedom of expression, which is contrary to the spirit of Articles (19) and (20) of the ICCPR and calls upon the international community to unanimously stand against those provocative attempts."
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