Afghanistan and Pakistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a reactionary political leader in Sweden for desecrating the Holy Quran, and gotten in touch with Stockholm to act to avoid such acts in the future.The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), highly condemned the burning and desecration of the Holy Quran and prompted the Swedish federal government to penalize the criminals of this act.In a declaration, the ministry also advised Stockholm not to allow such people to take provocative actions against the Islamic faith and Muslims.&& No words are enough to sufficiently condemn the abhorrable act of desecration of Holy Quran by a right-wing extremist in Sweden.
The grab of the freedom of expression can not be used to hurt the spiritual feelings of 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world,& & Pakistan & s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated on Twitter.&& This is unacceptable, & he added.Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line), was granted authorization by the Swedish government to burn the Holy Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, Anadolu news firm reported.In action to Sweden&& s permission, Ankara has actually canceled Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson&& s upcoming visit to Türkiye, checked out the report.The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Swedish Ambassador to Ankara Staffan Herrstrom, who was informed that Türkiye && strongly condemns this intriguing act, which is clearly a hate criminal offense, that Sweden&& s attitude is unacceptable, that Ankara anticipates the act not to be enabled, and insults to sacred worths can not be safeguarded under the guise of democratic rights.&& Meanwhile, the Union of Organization of Islamic Cooperation News Agencies (UNA) Sunday strongly condemned the vile act of desecration of the holy Quran by reactionary activists in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.&& UNA warns that this provocative action, which is thought about a hate crime and has actually been devoted consistently by far-right extremists, targets Muslims, insults their sacred values, and works as an additional example of the alarming level reached by Islamophobia, hate, intolerance, and xenophobia,& & a news release estimating the UNA said.The UNA further advised the Swedish authorities to take necessary measures against the criminals of this hate criminal offense and required higher global efforts to avoid the re-occurrence of such acts and for uniformity to combat Islamophobia.The post Afghanistan, Pakistan condemn burning of Holy Quran in Sweden initially appeared on Ariana News.