Perpetrators of Qur'an desecration will have no security: IRGC chief

The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Muslims will soon take revenge on all those involved and responsible for the latest act of sacrilege against the Holy Qur'an.

"We will not allow those who insult the Qur'an to be secure," Major General Hossein Salami said on Saturday.

On Thursday, Salwan Momika, a Sweden-based Iraqi refugee, desecrated the Muslim holy book during a demonstration outside the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm amid strict protection provided by the Swedish police.

This was the second time Momika was disrespecting the holy book with the approval of Sweden’s authorities. He set a copy of the Qur’an on fire on June 28, prompting raging protests across the Muslim world.

On Friday, members of an Islamophobic group called Danske Patrioter burned the Muslim holy book in front of Iraq’s Embassy in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen to protest the attack against Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad.

They also carried a banner with insulting slogans against Islam, before stamping the Iraqi flag and a copy of the Qur’an under police protection, as seen in the videos they shared on social media.

Salami urged Muslim countries to adopt all necessary measures and strategies to prevent and end the vicious policy of Islamophobia and insult to the Holy Qur'an and Muslims' sanctities, stressing the need for international support in this regard.

The IRGC chief commander said such blasphemous acts would only forge unity and cohesion among Muslims and incite more hatred against all those who violate Islamic sanctities.

In a message on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called for the “severest punishment” for the perpetrator of the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.

Ayatollah Khamenei calls for ‘severest punishment’ for Qur’an desecration

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the “severest punishment” for the perpetrator of the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.

“Effrontery to the sacred realm of ​​the Holy Qur’an in Sweden is a bitter, conspiratorial and dangerous incident. The severest punishment for the perpetrator of this crime is the consensus view of all Islamic scholars,” the Leader said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Friday that Iran will not accept a new Swedish ambassador until Stockholm takes a "serious and effective measure to deal with the continuous violation of Islamic sanctities."

The minister also called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) in a phone call with the group's secretary-general Hissein Ibrahim Taha to discuss the desecration. 

On Thursday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador to Tehran and conveyed the Islamic Republic's strong condemnation of the sacrilegious act.

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