OIC for collective steps to prevent Quran desecration

In emergency assembly, Islamic organisation says wilful desecration of the Holy E-book is a troubling manifestation of rising hatred, racism and phobia towards Muslims and Islam n Requires sending fixed reminder to world neighborhood of pressing implementation of worldwide regulation to ban non secular hatred.

ISLAMABAD   –   Denouncing the desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden, the Or­ganisation of Islamic Cooper­ation (OIC) has mentioned that col­lective measures are wanted to stop acts of desecration to the Holy Quran and internation­al regulation ought to be used to cease re­ligious hatred. 

The OIC Government Commit­tee emergency assembly held in Jeddah on Sunday strongly con­demned the burning of Holy Qu­ran in Stockholm final week out­facet a mosque on the time of Eid prayers and urged the Muslim international locations to take unified and collective measures to stop such measures in future.

A person burned a replica of the holy e book outdoors Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday, the primary day of the Muslim Eid ul Adha holidays.

The act angered OIC member Turkey whose backing Sweden wants to achieve entry to the NATO navy alliance.

Swedish police had granted permission for a protest to happen. However after the burning, po­lice charged the person who automobile­ried it out with agitation towards an ethnic or nationwide group.

The incident has triggered giant protests in Baghdad in entrance of the Swedish Embassy. It has additionally been condemned by the US.

Opening the controversy, OIC Sec­retary Normal, Mr Hussein Ibrahim Taah, referred to as upon the Islamic international locations to take unified and collective measures to resolve the incidents of Islamophobia together with incidents of burning of the Holy Quran and insulting our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). 

He mentioned that sadly, on the primary day of the auspicious event of Eid ul Azha, when all Muslims all over the world had been celebrating, a despicable act of reciting the Holy Quran was dedicated outdoors the Cen­tral Mosque in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

“We emphasize the necessity to ship a transparent message that the acts of chanting of the Holy Quran and insulting our Holy Prophet Muhammad will not be simply regular incidents of Islam­ophobia, and there’s a necessi­ty to ship a continuing reminder to the worldwide neighborhood of the pressing implementation of worldwide regulation, which clearly prohibits any invitation to reli­gious hatred,” he remarked. 

He mentioned the wilful desecration of the Holy Quran on the blessed event of Eid ul Azha is a trou­bling manifestation of develop­ing hatred, racism and phobia towards Muslims and Islam. 

“Such wanton incitement to discrimination, hatred and vio­lence can’t be justified below the pretext of freedom of ex­pression or protest,” he mentioned. 

The secretary common mentioned that recurrence of such Islam­ophobic incidents throughout the previous few months within the West calls into critical query the authorized framework which allows such hate-driven actions and behind which the Islamophobes routinely disguise.

Pakistan had earlier this week strongly condemned the “despi­cable act” of the general public burning of a replica of the Holy Quran.

“Such wilful incitement to dis­crimination, hatred and vio­lence can’t be justified below the pretext of freedom of ex­pression and protest,” a state­ment issued by the Overseas Of­fice in condemnation of the abhorrent incident learn.

The FO said that interna­tional regulation binds all of the states to stop and prohibit any advo­cacy of “non secular hatred” that results in incitement of violence.

“The recurrence of such Is­lamophobic incidents throughout the previous few months within the West calls into critical query the authorized framework which allows such hate-driven actions.”

Pakistan’s envoy to OIC Fawad Sher reiterated that the proper to freedom of expression and opinion doesn’t present a li­cence to stoke hatred and sab­otage inter-faith concord. It will probably definitely not be used as a smokescreen to intentionally vil­ify Holy Scriptures.

He mentioned that the Pakistani Pres­ident, Prime Minister, the Min­istry of Overseas Affairs and the senior political management of Pa­kistan have strongly denounced the continued assaults on the sanctity of the Holy Quran and referred to as for a right away cessa­tion of the pattern. He additionally mentioned that the OIC, mandated by its constitution and varied resolutions, should improve its efforts to verify the ominous streak of condem­nable incidents that contain den­igrating the Holy Quran.

“We should be a part of arms and urge the worldwide neighborhood to place an finish to such deeply offen­sive and mindless incidents,” he mentioned. Pakistan has as soon as once more urged that the internation­al neighborhood should undertake credible and concrete measures to stop the rising incidents of xenophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred, Fawad concluded.