The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms the provocative act of desecration of a copy of the holy Quran in Netherlands.
Secretary General of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has again denounced the repeated instances of Qur’an desecration in Sweden and Denmark stressing that the perpetrator has insulted two billion Muslims worldwide.
Pope Francis has condemned the repeated cases of Qur’an desecration in Sweden and Denmark as “barbaric” warning that as a hinder to dialogue among nations.
Denmark says it is seeking legal means to stop desecration of holy books following the global protests condemning the sacrilege of the holy Qur’an in the country.
A Danish far-right group has set another copy of holy Qur’an on fire in front of the Turkish and Egyptian embassies in Copenhagen as the world is still enraged over previous blasphemous acts in Europe.
'Continued defence of and inaction against these Islamophobic acts, in the name of freedom of expression, is clearly fostering impunity,' says Organization of Islamic Cooperation
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says the Iraqi national who desecrated the holy Qur’an in Stockholm was an affiliate of the Israeli spy agency Mossad engaged in espionage activities against the resistance groups.
"Yemen is the first Islamic country to ban imports of Swedish goods after its violations and desecration of Muslims' holiest," Al Masirah quoted the Houthi trade minister as saying.
Yemen’s Minister of Industry and Trade has announced boycott of Swedish products in reaction to the Qur’an burning gathering that irked Muslims across the globe.
During the meeting, the Saudi Foreign Ministry called on Sweden to "stop all actions that directly contradict international efforts seeking to spread the values of tolerance, moderation and rejection of extremism, and undermine the necessary mutual respect for relations between peoples and states."
Iran’s top Hajj official has proposed the representatives from other Islamic states in the holy city of Mecca to issue a joint statement condemning the recent Qur’an desecration in Sweden.