The Organization of Islamic Cooperation in New York condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden

According to IRNA, the statement said: “This heinous act, which has hurt the feelings of more than one and a half million Muslims around the world, is a gross abuse of the right to freedom of expression and an example of a worrying increase in Islamophobia.” Is the world.

The statement called on the international community to take decisive action against the phenomenon of Islamophobia and to work for the promotion of interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence.

In a statement, Islamic countries also condemned the attack on mosques and the killing and wounding of worshipers, the destruction of Muslim homes, the banning of the hijab and other anti-Islamic acts in various parts of the world.

This statement was approved and published at the suggestion and initiative of Iran’s representation in the United Nations.

According to IRNA, the meeting of the ambassadors of Islamic countries in the presence of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday, May 2, discussed the issue of Islamophobia and the escalation of extremist groups against Muslims in some European countries.

At the suggestion of Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, a joint statement was issued by Islamic countries to the Speakers of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council condemning the recent extremist groups in Sweden. The Holy Quran and the insult to the sanctities of the religion of Islam should be prepared and issued, and this proposal was agreed upon by the representatives of Islamic countries.

According to IRNA, Rasmussen Paluden, the leader of an extreme right-wing sect, and his supporters set fire to a volume of the Holy Quran in the Swedish city of Linkپping on Friday, April 16th, prompting protests in Sweden and a number of Islamic countries.

Rasmus Paluden, a Danish lawyer, is also a Swedish citizen and started the Stream Course in 2017. The party’s website places special emphasis on the fight against immigration and anti-Islamism.

The leader of the anti-Islamic Danish party has held several rallies in recent years to burn the Holy Quran.

Michael Sebastian Abbasi, director of the Center for Muslim Relations in Denmark, criticized the police for not allowing him to do so, and many blame the police for this.

Reacting to the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: The country is strongly condemned.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs blamed the deliberate repetition of this insulting act during the holy month of Ramadan for hurting the feelings of Muslims in Sweden and around the world, adding: Condemn coexistence and dialogue between religions.

Khatibzadeh emphasized: “While holding the Swedish government accountable, we intend to react immediately, strongly and explicitly to this country in dealing with the perpetrators of this insulting action and to take clear and practical measures to prevent the repetition of such actions.”

In the end, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added: “The action of the insulted person and his supporters increasingly necessitates the unity of Muslims and Islamic countries against the conspiracies of the enemies of Islam.”