Arab and Islamic countries and organizations denounced the right-wing "Straam Corse" movement, led by the Danish-Swedish Rasmus Paludan, for burning a copy of the Holy Qur'an in two Swedish cities, while the Swedish police announced - today, Monday - that 26 of its members and 14 people were injured in recent days. Violent clashes with demonstrators protesting the burning incident and other planned gatherings of the movement.
On Saturday, "Straamcourse" burned a copy of the Noble Qur'an in the Swedish city of Malmo, and its leader burned another copy of the Noble Qur'an in Linköping (southern country) under police protection.
Today, Monday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the "deliberate abuse of the Holy Qur'an, provocations and incitement against Muslims," stressing "the importance of concerted efforts to spread the values of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence, rejecting hatred, extremism and exclusion, and preventing abuse of all religions and sanctities."
The Saudi Council of Senior Scholars also strongly condemned the burning incident and said - in a press statement - that "this behavior is absurd and barbaric, and it only indicates a sick, extremist personality that has ancestors since the mission of Abdullah and his Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him... and they are abhorrent actions that will not harm the Great Qur'an." The one whom Allah, Glory be to Him, preserves and exalts his place, something.
The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the burning of the Holy Qur'an, saying, "This heinous incident is an act of incitement and a dangerous provocation to the feelings of more than two billion Muslims in the world."
She expressed her total rejection of "all forms of hate speech based on belief, race or religion," warning of the danger of "this populist incitement speech."
In turn, the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf considered the burning incident "abhorrent racism that hurts the feelings of all Muslims, fuels feelings of hatred, and harms calls for coexistence and human and global peace," calling for "criminalizing contempt for religions."
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said today, Monday, that "this act is condemned and rejected, and it is incompatible with all religious values and principles, human rights and basic freedoms, and fuels feelings of hatred and violence, and threatens peaceful coexistence."
Yesterday, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned the Chargé d'Affairs of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, against the background of the incident, which it considered "a provocation to the feelings of Muslims and a very sensitive abuse of their sanctities."
As for Iran, its foreign ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, called on the Swedish authorities to “respond strongly and frankly to the burning of a copy of the Qur’an,” stressing that “this heinous act is a clear example of hatred, and it contradicts freedom of expression, and must be condemned by all believers who believe peaceful coexistence and interfaith dialogue.
In turn, the Muslim World League condemned the burning incident, which it said was a "vain and outrageous act" carried out by some extremists, warning against "the danger of inciting hatred and provoking religious feelings that inflame feelings of hostility and division in societies and offend the values of freedom and their human meanings, and serve only the agendas of extremism and extremism." counterattack."
It is noteworthy that Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the "Straam Corse" movement that carried out the arson incident, intends to run for the Swedish legislative elections next September, but he has not yet succeeded in collecting the necessary signatures, and he is currently on a "tour" in Sweden during which he visits the neighborhoods in which she lives. A large proportion of Muslims burn copies of the Koran.
The lawyer, who was convicted of racist insults, previously ran for legislative elections in his country of birth in Denmark in 2019, but received barely 10,000 votes.
It is reported that Baludan was arrested in France in November 2020 and deported, and 5 other activists were arrested in Belgium shortly after that, on charges of seeking to "spread hatred" by burning a Koran in Brussels.