Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kana’ani slammed Sweden’s green-lighting of a despicable act of desecration against the Holy Quran, describing the sacrilegious move as provocative, ill-considered and unacceptable.
Kana’ani on Wednesday denounced in the strongest terms Stockholm’s authorization of repetition of such act of sacrilege by Sweden-based Islamophobes, who have similarly insulted the holy book on several occasions in the past.
“[Sweden’s] paving the way for repetition of [acts of] sacrilege against divine sanctities, especially in coincidence with the [international] Muslim Nation’s holy occasions and [their] millions-strong participation in the international Hajj congregation, amounts to a provocative, injudicious, and unacceptable act,” the spokesperson stressed.
He noted that acts of insult against holy books serve as an instance of inclination towards “aggression and hatemongering”, and counter authentic human rights values.
Stockholm, the top diplomat concluded, is advised to prevent the repetition of acts of insult against international sanctities in the future, and pay serious attention to the principles of responsibility and accountability in this regard.
In a repeated and state-authorized instance of sacrilege against the Muslim holy book, two men stood outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday and burned a copy of the Muslim holy book following a go-ahead given to them by a Swedish court. The act has prompted international condemnation.
Sweden regularly brooks and even approves of such acts of sacrilege under the banner of tolerating “protests”.
Since last year, the frequency of insults against Islam and its holy book has been on the rise in Europe. Several European countries have been playing host to such despicable acts on their soils over the past months, drawing far-and-wide condemnation from the world’s Muslim countries.
Tehran describes the sacrilegious move as a blatant insult to Islam and Muslims across the world, and cuations that some European countries are allowing extremist groups to spread hatred against Islamic values and sanctities.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that the sacrilegious act show that the arrogant powers’ attacks are aimed at Islam itself.
