Muslims in Chechnya have held protest against desecration of holy Qur’an in Russia. Police has arrested the 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel over alleged burning of a copy of Qur’an in Volgograd.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned desecration of holy Qur’an by far-right Danish group calling that another side of the Takfiri extremism.
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has issued a statement to condemn in strongest terms the recent Qur’an burning in the Danish capital on March 24.
Arab countries have unanimously condemned the latest instance of Qur’n burning in Denmark warning the western governments on repercussions of issuing permission for such heinous measures.
Manager of Gothenburg mosque has called for a law which bans desecration of holy books and religious texts as far-right activists in Europe have burnt copies of Qur’an.
The move came after Danish-Swedish extremist, Rasmus Paludan, last week burned copies of the Quran on two separate occasions, first outside the Turkish Embassy in Sweden and then, later, in front of a mosque in Denmark.
On Friday, Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, burned a copy of the Quran in front of a mosque in Denmark.
Deputy of Iran affairs at World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought said the so-called freedom of expression that justifies Qur’an burning in some European countries is an anti-human version for freedom.
In a reference to book burning in Nazi Germany, the Official Council of Swedish Jewish Communities and the AMANAH Muslim Jewish Partnership of Trust said in a joint statement on Wednesday that book burning often indicates the beginning of the normalisation of hatred towards a group in society.
Secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought denounced the burning of a copy of Qur’an in Sweden stressing that desecration of Islamic sanctities amounts to violation of freedom of thought and interfaith dialogue.
Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced burning a copy of Qur’an in Sweden calling for united stance of Muslims and world freedom seekers against desecration of the holy book of Islam.