The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish Ambassador to Amman, Alexandra Redmark, and informed her of her “strong” protest against Stockholm’s allowing extremists to burn a copy of the Noble Qur’an.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry stated today: “The burning of a copy of the Holy Qur’an is a racist act of dangerous acts of hatred, and a manifestation of Islamophobia that incites violence and insult to religions.”
It stressed that “such actions cannot be justified in the context of freedom of expression at all.”
It renewed its rejection and condemnation of such acts, which are considered “a crime and a provocation to the feelings of more than two billion Muslims around the world.”
The Ministry called for “the need to confront and stop such provocative and abusive acts, which represent one of the worst forms of the culture of hatred, and the need to respect religious symbols and work to spread and promote a culture of peace and acceptance of the other, and to raise awareness of the values of common respect.”
A Swede of Iraqi origin, Silwan Momica, 37, tore up a copy of the Qur’an and set it on fire at the Stockholm Central Mosque, after the police granted permission to organize the protest following a court decision.
This is not the first incident in Sweden, where more than 600,000 Muslims live. On January 21, the leader of the Danish far-right “hard line” party, Rasmus Paludan, burned a copy of the Qur’an near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, under the protection of the police.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
