During the holy month of Ramadan, an extremist gang in Denmark desecrated the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish consulate in Copenhagen, an act that was vehemently criticised by Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom emphasises the need to strengthen the values of dialogue, tolerance, and respect in a statement and condemns anything that would promote extremism, intolerance, and exclusion.
Rasmus Paludan, a well-known anti-Islam activist with dual citizenship—Danish and Swedish—burned two copies of the Qur’an earlier this month, one outside the Turkish consulate on January 27 and the other near a mosque in the capital city of Denmark.
Pakistan had urged the world community to take action to stop such vile and Islamophobic activities after strongly denouncing the stupid and incredibly insulting act of desecration of the Holy Quran in Denmark.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, a spokesperson for the Foreign Office, said in a statement that “this repetition of the vile act leaves little uncertainty in the minds of Muslims around the world that freedom of speech is being flagrantly abused to spread religious hatred and incitement to violence.”
We encourage them to intervene to put an end to such heinous and Islamophobic activities and to be mindful of the feelings of the people of Pakistan and Muslims around the world, she had concluded.
The representative questioned the legal system that allows Islamophobes to operate freely and covertly promote hate.
The international community should not remain silent about these hatemongers at a time when there was a growing need for interfaith harmony and mutual respect for peaceful coexistence, she had stressed.