Iran calls for urgent OIC meeting on defiling Quran

KABUL (Pajhwok): Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called for an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to respond to the latest desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.

Amirabdollahian, who phoned OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha, expressed deep regret over the insulting and provocative move and condemned it.

He proposed that an urgent ministerial meeting of the OIC be held at the earliest for exchanges of views on the significant issue.

“If the Swedish government does not take an effective measure immediately, Muslim countries should concertedly give a firm response to the desecration of the divine scripture, the Holy Quran,” he added.

The OIC secretary general condemned the sacrilegious move and promised to put a ministerial OIC meeting on agenda in consultation with the member states.

The two sides also emphasized the need for Muslim countries to take a concerted and firm measure in order to prevent a repetition of such insults.

Amirabdollahian also held telephonic talks with his Swedish counterpart, Tobias Billströmb, saying such acts under the pretext of freedom of speech were unacceptable and unwarranted.

Sweden’s top diplomat said that the Swedish government condemns the desecration of the divine book of Muslims.

Tobias Billström said the Swedish prime minister and the official statement of the country’s foreign ministry had explicitly stated that the desecration of the Quran was not the stance of the government in Stockholm.

The Quran burning incidents have triggered widespread international reactions.

Last Thursday, hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad and set it alight.

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