Iran urges Muslim countries to take ‘serious’ stance against recurring desecration of Qur’an

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has called on Muslim countries to take a “serious” stance against the recurring acts of desecration of the Holy Qur’an.

Qalibaf made the remark during a joint press conference with his visiting Algerian counterpart, Ibrahim Boughali, in the capital Tehran on Monday, following the recent sacrilegious moves by extremist elements in Sweden and Belgium.

“Muslim countries must take a serious position regarding the desecration of the Holy Qur’an,” the Iranian Parliament speaker said.

Qalibaf added that he and Boughali, as the president of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC), agreed on holding a virtual meeting among the heads of parliaments to condemn the desecration of Islamic sanctities, including Qur’an-burning in Western countries, and find a suitable response to the issue.

He also pointed to the need for serious cooperation in the field of human rights and said, “We must have serious partners at the level of international relations, which is one of the discussions in the field of human rights.”

Qalibaf underlined, “Today, with the support of Iran, Algeria has become a non-permanent member of the Security Council and a permanent member of the Human Rights Council, which is considered a capacity in such fields.”

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Boughali, for his part, censured the latest acts of desecration of the sacred Muslim book and called for mutual respect among the world’s religions.

“On the issue of insults to Islamic sanctities, we are trying to prevent any incident that provokes the feelings of Muslims through cooperation and coordination, and we believe that all faiths and religions should be revered,” the Algeria parliament speaker said.

Boughali, who visited Iran at the official invitation of Iranian authorities, also said Algeria has “common positions” with Iran and that his trip conveys a message of brotherhood to the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, the two top lawmakers discussed the activation of a joint economic commission between Iran and Algeria, calling for concerted efforts to expand bilateral relations and develop economic ties between their countries.

In the very latest act of desecration on Friday, a Sweden-based serial blasphemer burned a copy of the holy Muslim book in front of the Iranian embassy in Stockholm as the police arrested a woman who tried to stop him.

Salwan Momika, under the protection of the Swedish police, repeated the blasphemous act while shouting profanities against Islam, Muslims and the Qur’an, with the local media reports saying a woman, who is yet to be identified, intervened and tried to put out the burning Qur’an with a fire extinguisher.

The woman was instantly arrested by the police on "suspicion of disturbing public order and violence against a police officer."

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In yet another act of desecration of the Holy Qur’an, a notorious Sweden-based refugee has burned a copy of the sacred Muslim book in front of the Iranian embassy in Stockholm.

Momika and Salwan Najem, two Sweden-based Iraqi refugees, have done similar sacrilegious acts in front of Stockholm’s central mosque and Iraq’s embassy over the past two months.

The blasphemous acts, which had been authorized by the Swedish police under the pretext of free-speech laws, sparked a wave of anger and condemnations across the Muslim world.

In Denmark too, the far-right Danish group Danske Patrioter has recently set copies of the Holy Qur’an alight in front of the missions of several Muslim countries in Copenhagen.

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