Jeddah (UNA-OIC) - In the strongest terms, the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA) condemns the vile act of burning the holy Quran by far-right activists today, 21st January 2023, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, and with the permission of the Swedish authorities.
UNA warns that this provocative action, which is considered a hate crime and has been committed repeatedly by far-right extremists, targets Muslims, insults their sacred values, and serves as a further example of the alarming level reached by Islamophobia, hate, intolerance, and xenophobia.
UNA urges the Swedish authorities to take necessary measures against the perpetrators of this hate crime and calls for increased international efforts to prevent the re-occurrence of such acts and for solidarity to fight Islamophobia.
