The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) introduced on Sunday that Sweden‘s Special Envoy standing with the group has been suspended.
According to an OIC assertion, Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha was requested to think about actions in opposition to nations the place the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols are desecrated, together with presumably suspending the Special Envoy standing, through the OIC Executive Committee’s extraordinary assembly on July 2.
“The Secretary-General welcomed the measures taken by some Member States to protest in opposition to the repeated assaults on Islamic sanctities.
“He called on all Member States to take the sovereign decisions they deem appropriate to express their position condemning the granting by the Swedish authorities of licenses that enabled the repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic symbols, and to express the OIC states’ rejection of such disgraceful acts under the pretext of freedom of expression,” the assertion mentioned.
Taha additionally highlighted that the burning of Quran copies and different acts in opposition to Islamic figures and symbols are usually not “ordinary Islamophobia incidents.”
“He exhorted the international community to urgently implement international law, which clearly prohibits any advocacy of religious hatred,” the assertion mentioned.
He pressured the significance of adhering to the UN Human Rights Council’s not too long ago adopted decision, which addresses the difficulty of “combating religious hatred that incites discrimination, hostility, or violence.”
The OIC General Secretariat is getting ready to name an emergency assembly of the Council of Foreign Ministers to additional talk about the scenario and make any crucial choices.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
