Hezbollah Condemns Quran Desecration in Sweden
In a statement on Thursday, Hezbollah said the Swedish officials are complicit in this offensive crime, Al-Ahed News reported.
It added that silence on repeated acts of sacrilege against the Holy Quran is not acceptable.
The Swedish government must stop this downward trend instead of hiding behind slogans about freedom of expression, Hezbollah stressed.
The resistance group also called on Arab and Muslim countries and Islamic organizations to take the necessary measures to prevent the repetition of such foolish acts.
In a repeated and state-authorized instance of sacrilege against the Muslim Holy Book, two men stood outside the Swedish capital of Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday and burned a copy of the Quran following a go-ahead given to them by a Swedish court.
The move was made to coincide with the Muslim festivity of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the conclusion of the annual Hajj pilgrimage that is partaken by millions of Muslims from across the world.
Sweden regularly brooks and even approves of such acts of sacrilege under the banner of tolerating ‘protests’.
In January, dual Danish and Swedish extremist Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, and later again in front of a mosque.
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