Pakistan, Afghanistan condemn Quran’s desecration in Sweden
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday added their voices to the growing condemnation of a far-right politician in Sweden for desecrating the Quran, calling on Stockholm to take action and prevent such provocative acts in the future.
“No words are enough to adequately condemn the abhorrable [sic] act of desecration of Holy Quran by a right-wing extremist in Sweden. The grab [sic] of the freedom of expression cannot be used to hurt the religious emotions of 1.5 billion Muslims across the world,” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated on Twitter.
“This is unacceptable,” he added.
The Foreign Ministry in the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan also “strongly” condemned the burning and desecration of the Holy Quran and urged the Swedish government to punish the perpetrators of this act.
In a statement, the ministry also urged Stockholm not to allow such people to take provocative actions against Islam and Muslims in the future.
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line), was granted permission by the Swedish government to burn the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday.
In response to Sweden’s permission, Ankara canceled Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson’s visit to Türkiye.
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