Iran Press/Middle East: In an interview with Iran Press, Sheikh Hussain al-Haraka condemned the desecration of the holy Quran in Sweden and noted that freedom of expression in the West is a lie and is nothing but barbarism.
Sheikh Hussain said that the insult hurt the feelings of over two billion Muslims in the world.
He said that Muslims show respect for other divine religions' sanctities; Just as Muslims respect the Holy Quran, they also respect the Bible; Just as they respect mosques, they show respect for churches.
During a demonstration allowed by Swedish police on Wednesday, which coincided with the holy Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, a 37-year-old man named Salwan Momika was seen tearing up and setting ablaze pages of the Quran.
The Swedish court of appeals showed the green light to the perpetrators of the crime. Two weeks after Sweden's appeals court overturned the police ban on anti-Quran demonstrations, the police issued a permit, and the organizer of the demonstration burned a copy of the Holy Quran, which resulted in worldwide protest and condemnation.
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