[Iraq] - Christian lawmakers condemn torching Islam's holy book by a Swedish extremist

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
2023-01-28T13:52:16.000000 Z / A group of Christian legislators in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday condemned the burning of Islams holy
book, Quran, by a Swedish extremist near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm last week.In a joint interview with members of the Christian
bloc in the Iraqi parliament, lawmaker Faruq Hanna explained the Qurans desecration as a disgraceful act and completely alien to human
morality and values
Such cheap deeds neither represent the teachings of Jesus Christ nor the habits of the Christians in general, and the Christians in the East
in specific, he continued
Hanna accused the extremist groups and individuals who commit such acts of promoting hate, division, and alienation speech, and endangering
the civil peace of the people
We, the Christian members of the Iraqi parliament, highly condemn this shameful act of torching the Quran, and urge the Iraqi individuals
to shun hatred and department, he concluded
Rasmus Paludan, an anti-Islam activist on Friday burned two copies of the Quran in a singular protest in Denmarks capital of Copenhagen.He
burned one in front of a mosque and another in front of the Turkish embassy, and vowed to do so every Friday up until Sweden is confessed
into NATO.Paludan, a far-right activist who holds both Danish and Swedish citizenship, likewise staged a Quran-burning protest in Sweden on
January 21
On Friday, protests were held in several mainly Muslim nations to knock Paludans demonstration in Sweden on January 21 and a similar event
in the Netherlands last week.