ISLAMABAD – Pakistan strongly Reacts over the incidents of desecration ofholy Quran in Norway and Sweden.
The spokesperson for the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zahid HafeezChaudhri, has strongly condemned the incidents of desecration of the Quranin Sweden and Norway.
Zahid Hafeez added that the world must take cognizance that respecting thereligious beliefs of others is a collective responsibility.
Without this, achieving sustainable global peace and prosperity wouldremain an elusive dream.
Protests erupted in the southern Swedish city of Malmo over the weekendwhere far-right activists had burned a copy of the Quran on Friday.
Police spokesman Rosengard, a largely migrant Malmo neighborhood, RickardLundqvist, said that around 300 people had staged a protest by burningtyres against by the far-right rally that was held last week.
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Police tried to quell the demonstration which turned violent as theprotestors pelted stones at the officers which brutally injured severalpolice officers. 10 protestors were apprehended by the Rosengard policedepartment who were later released.
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Last week, Swedish authorities had stopped Rasmus Paludan, the chief of thefar-right Danish anti-immigration Hard Line party, at the border and bannedhim from entering Sweden for 2 years.
Rasmus Paludan was expected to lead the far-right protest on Friday inwhich activists desecrated the Quran.
Notwithstanding Paludan’s repatriation, far-right activists went ahead withtheir rally.
Rosengard police department had also made 6 arrests at the far-right rallyfor inciting racial hatred.——————————
In another far-right rally held in Norway, a protestor ripped out pages ofthe Quran before spitting on them.
Muslim countries around the world have unequivocally denounced bothincidents which show the rampant Islamophobia across Europe.
