Iran holds Danish govt. responsible over Qur’an desecration
Iran has held the Danish government responsible over the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the Scandinavian country, amid outrage across the Muslim world over similar acts in Sweden.
In a statement on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani said Denmark must prevent the desecration of the Qur’an and other Muslim sanctities and prosecute those who commit such acts.
He said Muslims around the world are waiting for the government of Denmark to take practical measures in this regard.
Kan’ani called for unity among Muslim states and nations as well as all followers of divine religions to effectively deal with any sacrilegious move against the Holy Qur’an and the sanctities of Abrahamic religions anywhere in the world.
“Despite the sinister plots of the masterminds behind insults to the sanctities and values of more than 2 billion Muslims worldwide, we believe that free thinkers and justice-seeking people will stand united against such wicked [plot] and vile actions,” he said.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran proceeds with its contacts and dialogues with Muslim countries, and will continue with the measures and efforts to stand against this 21st-century ignorance, which has targeted human dignity and genuine freedom of speech in the name of the bogus, Western-style freedom of speech,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman added.
Members of an Islamophobic group called Danske Patrioter burned the Muslim holy book in front of Iraq’s Embassy in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen on Friday.
They also carried a banner with insulting slogans against Islam, before stamping the Iraqi flag and a copy of the Qur’an under police protection, as seen in the videos they shared on social media.
The group said they did this to protest the attack against Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad.
Early on Thursday morning, a crowd of Iraqis stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad and set part of it ablaze in protest against the June 28 burning of a copy of the Quran by Salwan Momika, an Iraq-born extremist who now lives in Sweden.
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