The UAE condemns the abuse of the Holy Quran in the Netherlands
The UAE strongly condemned what an extremist in The Hague, Netherlands, did of insulting a copy of the Holy Qur’an, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation affirmed, in a statement, the UAE’s permanent rejection of all practices aimed at undermining security and stability, and contrary to human and moral values and principles.
The ministry stressed the need to respect religious symbols and sanctities, and to avoid incitement and polarization, at a time when the world needs to work together to spread the values of tolerance and coexistence, and reject hatred and extremism.
For its part, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed the Kingdom's condemnation and denunciation of the incident of an extremist in the Netherlands tearing up a copy of the Holy Quran, in a provocative step to the feelings of millions of Muslims around the world.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed the Kingdom's position calling for spreading the values of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence, and rejecting the causes of hatred and extremism.
Yesterday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had summoned the Dutch ambassador in protest against the leader of the extremist Pegida movement tearing up a copy of the Noble Qur’an, after a right-wing extremist burned a copy of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.
Last Sunday, Edwin Wagensfeld, the Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands, tore pages from the Noble Qur’an near the Dutch Parliament, in the presence of the police, who did not intervene to stop him.
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