OIC to Convene over Quran Desecration
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson announced plans for a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to address the recent sacrilegious moves against the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark.
Nasser Kanaani said on Tuesday that the OIC is going to hold a virtual emergency meeting of its foreign ministers on July 31.
“Following the joint proposal of the Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq, and after the calls made by Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, with his counterparts in Islamic countries, his sending of messages to them, talking with and sending a letter to the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the OIC agreed to hold an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers on Monday, July 31, 2023,” Kanaani said.
“The urgent session will discuss the issue of insulting the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark,” the spokesman added, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
Last week, 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 Quran 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.
They also carried a banner with insulting slogans against Islam, before stamping the Iraqi flag and a copy of the Quran under police protection, as seen in the videos they shared on social media.
