INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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
