Al-Azhar calls for standing up to attempts to tamper with religious sanctities

International condemnations of the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden continue

Demonstrators protest against the burning of the Holy Quran in front of the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul.

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Condemnations continued by countries and international institutions of the fact that one of the leaders of extremist parties burned a copy of the Noble Qur’an in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and called on Al-Azhar Al-Sharif to stand up to attempts to tamper with religious sanctities.

The leader of the far-right "hard line" party in Denmark, Rasmus Paludan, had burned a copy of the Holy Quran, the day before yesterday, in front of the Turkish embassy in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and filmed the incident, which caused a wave of widespread rejection and condemnation.

Al-Azhar Al-Sharif said in a statement, “These extremist actions will not undermine the sanctity of the Noble Qur’an in the heart of a civilized person, and it will remain in its perch a guiding book for all humanity, guiding the values ​​of goodness, truth and beauty, whose sanctity is not undermined by the grudges of the lost, nor by the actions of fanaticism, hatred and souls.” The patient is among those with black records in the history of intolerance and hatred.

Al-Azhar called on the human community, international institutions and the world’s wise men to stand up to attempts to tamper with religious sanctities, condemn these actions, put an end to the chaos of the term “freedom of expression” and its misuse in relation to provocation of Muslims and respect for their sanctities, and open an urgent investigation into the recurrence of these incidents, stressing that allowing By repeating these provocations under the slogan of "freedom of expression" it hinders efforts to promote peace, interfaith dialogue, and communication between East and West, and between the Islamic world and the Western world.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned in the strongest terms “the despicable act by far-right activists of burning a copy of the Holy Qur’an in Stockholm with the permission of the Swedish authorities,” and warned that “this provocative act, which has been repeatedly committed by elements of the extreme right, targets Muslims and insults their sacred values.” It is another example of the alarming level of Islamophobia, hatred, intolerance and xenophobia.”

The organization urged the Swedish authorities to take the necessary measures against the perpetrators of this hate crime, calling for the intensification of international efforts to prevent the recurrence of such acts, and for solidarity in the fight against "Islamophobia".

The Muslim World League condemned the "absurd, provocative and disgraceful act committed by one of the extremists, by burning a copy of the Holy Qur'an."

In a statement, the League warned of “the danger of practices that provoke hatred and provoke religious feelings that only serve the agendas of extremism.” about their national states, and an effective contribution to strengthening their stability and harmony, and proceeding towards missing opportunities for the bets of extremist ideologies.

The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, condemned, in the strongest terms, the incident of the burning of the Noble Qur’an, and said that “such extremist and abnormal acts should be the subject of condemnation and denunciation by everyone in particular in Sweden.” He stressed that freedom of expression must be Not to be an excuse for extremists to ignite the fire of hatred between followers of different religions.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf, condemned the Swedish authorities for allowing an extremist to burn the Holy Qur’an in Stockholm, which would inflame and provoke the feelings of Muslims around the world, and affirmed the GCC’s firm position calling for the importance of spreading the values ​​of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence peace and rejecting hatred and extremism, calling on the international community to assume responsibilities to stop such unacceptable acts.

Countries had issued statements about the incident, and the UAE strongly condemned what an extremist in Sweden had done to burn a copy of the Holy Quran. And human and moral principles, and the ministry renewed its permanent call to reject hate speech and violence, and the necessity of respecting religious symbols, and refraining from provoking hatred by insulting religions and sanctities, and the need to spread the values ​​of tolerance and coexistence.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also expressed the Kingdom's strong condemnation and denunciation of the Swedish authorities' allowing an extremist to burn a copy of the Holy Qur'an, and affirmed the Kingdom's firm position calling for the importance of spreading the values ​​of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence, and rejecting hatred and extremism.

The Arab Parliament strongly condemned the burning of a copy of the Noble Qur’an in Stockholm, stressing its “total rejection of such disgraceful acts, which are a violation of all international laws and covenants that stipulate the need to adhere to respecting people’s sanctities, beliefs and religions.”

In a statement, the Arab Parliament called on the international community to assume its responsibilities and to criminalize these unacceptable acts altogether, which contradict all human and moral values ​​and principles, provoke Muslims, fuel feelings of hatred and violence, and aim to destabilize security and stability. Tolerance and peaceful coexistence among peoples, and the prevention of any form of insult to all monotheistic religions.

The Arab Parliament stressed the necessity of renouncing hate speech and violence, the necessity of respecting religious symbols, refraining from provoking hatred by insulting religions and sanctities, and the need to spread the values ​​of tolerance and coexistence.

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