An emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden was held at the organization’s headquarters in Jeddah.
Secretary General Hussain Ibrahim Taha in his address on this occasion emphasized that all Islamic countries should take collective measures to prevent the incidents of insulting the Holy Quran and the Prophet of Islam.
Members of the executive committee of member countries including Pakistan, Jordan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain participated in the meeting.
Pakistan’s ambassador to OIC, Fawad Sher, described the desecration of the Holy Quran by Pakistan as abhorrent and said that on the one hand, the entire Muslim Ummah was celebrating Eid-ul-Azha and on the other hand, the burning of the Holy Quran was a heinous act. An intolerable act has been done which has caused great pain to the entire Muslim world.
The Pakistani delegate further said that the government of Pakistan and the political leadership strongly condemn this act. The desecration of Holy Quran is hateful and racist. Such incidents cannot be justified in the name of freedom of expression or protest.
He said that states are bound by international laws not to allow incidents like religious hatred to happen. In the past few years, anti-Islamic incidents have come to light in the West.
On this occasion, Secretary General of OIC Hussain Ibrahim Taha said that desecration and insulting of Holy Quran and Prophet of Islam cannot be tolerated in any way.
He added that this requires the immediate application of international law, which prevents the spread of hatred.
Secretary General OIC emphasized that all Islamic countries should adopt a common strategy and take concrete measures to prevent such incidents.