President Alvi, PM Shehbaz Sharif condemn desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden

President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran that took place in Sweden on Eid day!

President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday in a statement shared on Twitter, condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, saying the tragic act had greatly hurt the feelings of billions of Muslims.

The president said, “Every state must take measures for the prevention of such Islamophobic acts. I urge the international community to work for promoting inter-faith harmony and dialogue to create tolerance for each other’s religious beliefs and values”.

“Humanity must move away from acts of senseless hatred towards uniting the world in peace,” he maintained.

Reacting to the shameful incident, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also condemned the act.

The PM said that he was disgusted and appalled by the incident of the public burning of the Holy Quran in front of a mosque in Sweden.

In a tweet PM Shehbaz Sharif said, “Disgusted and appalled by the incident of public burning of the Holy Quran in front of a mosque in Sweden.”

“Such vile, despicable, and heinous Islamophobic acts brazenly violate international law. I have no words to adequately condemn this anti-Islam act, which is clearly meant to hurt the feelings of Muslims around the world. The Holy Quran is a Divine Book of love, peace, and wisdom for the entire humanity and the deviant character who indulged in this condemnable act has, in fact, insulted the shared values of humanity,” he said.

Swedish court allowed a 30-year-old Iraqi refugee to burn a Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, which coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.