Türkiye on Thursday strongly condemned the “vile attack” concentrating on Islam’s holy guide, the Quran, close to the Iraqi Embassy in Sweden.
In a written assertion, the Foreign Ministry urged Sweden to take “deterrent measures” to forestall hate crimes in opposition to Islam and billions of Muslims as a part of its worldwide tasks, particularly its obligations underneath the UN, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe.
“Türkiye is ready to work together with the countries where such attacks take place in the fields of Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism and discrimination,” the assertion added.
Separately, Akif Çağatay Kılıç, chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, strongly condemned the “baseness” dedicated in opposition to Quran in Sweden.
“This vile action is an insult to the democracy and freedoms and a crime against humanity. The Swedish government should review the laws, decisions and practices it has taken refuge behind,” Kılıç stated on Twitter.
He invited the Swedish authorities, who enable such “provocative actions” that the Swedish folks won’t ever settle for, to “reason and consideration.”
“Everyone has to respect each other’s sacredness. The real freedom is going to come by providing this respect!” stated Kılıç.
Early Thursday morning, a crowd of Iraqis stormed Sweden’s Embassy in Baghdad and set it ablaze in protest of the burning of a replica of the Quran final month by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi-born man who now lives in Sweden.
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry condemned the assault on its embassy in Baghdad, calling it a “serious violation” of the Vienna Convention.
Many states, together with the U.S., Russia, Türkiye, Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan in addition to different Islamic international locations, decried the assault.
Sweden additionally launched an investigation into the incident.
Following the storming of Stockholm’s diplomatic mission, Momika once more desecrated a replica of the Quran, stepping on it and the Iraqi flag in entrance of Iraqi Embassy in Sweden.
Thursday’s incident occurred after Iraq warned Sweden it may break diplomatic ties if such Quran desecrations occur once more. Baghdad went via with the motion, declaring Sweden’s envoy persona non grata after the holy guide was desecrated for a second time in a month.
The UN Human Rights Council on July 12 condemned current assaults on the Quran regardless of Western international locations’ votes in opposition to the decision.
The draft decision was introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The decision, which requires condemnation of assaults concentrating on the Quran and described them as “acts of religious hatred,” was put to vote by the 47-member council.
It was adopted with 28 international locations voting in favor, 12 international locations voting in opposition to it, and seven international locations abstaining on the 53rd common session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
