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| Pak Foreign Office condemns Koran desecration in Denmark | |
| 2023-03-28 | |
| [Dawn] The Foreign Office condemned another abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Koran in Denmark. Referring to another incident of desecration of the Holy Koran in Denmark, the FO noted that the "recurrence of such wilful and vile acts is a troubling manifestation of growing hatred, racism and phobia against Moslems and their faith". The incident took place on March 24 when far-right self-proclaimed genius Rasmus Paludan, who earlier staging a Koran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21, repeated the act in front of a mosque and ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... It said that repeated occurrence of such premeditated acts calls into question the efficacy of legal framework behind which Islamophobes hide and incite hatred. "The exercise of the right to freedom of expression cannot be used as a smokescreen to deliberately denigrate the Holy Scriptures or personalities of any religion," the FO said. "We call on all States to develop legal deterrence with a view to preventing and prosecuting such acts, in line with the responsibilities and duties enshrined in international human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... law. We also call upon the international human rights machinery to speak out against such intentional actions that constitute incitement to hate, discrimination and violence against Moslems solely because of their faith."
The group also burned a Turkish flag in the same broadcast. Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, and Morocco, condemned the incident. This is the second incident of its kind in less than three months. Members of right-wing groups in Sweden and the Netherlands had set the Holy Quran on fire along with the Turkish flag. During a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen two weeks ago in Cairo, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb asserted that freedom of expression must not violate the sacred beliefs of others. The Imam condemned what he described as a direct insult to Islam in the West under the guise of freedom of expression. | |
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