TEHRAN (Iran News) –Muslims in the world may have differences but they all are united and unanimous in their basic principles which are the Holy Quran and their Prophet and they can’t tolerate any insult to their basic principles and this is the reason some enemies of Islam use this tool of insult to Muslims’ beliefs and principles.
In recent decades the number of sacrileges has been on the rise mostly they have come from Europe, the so-called land of freedom of expression, but we cannot understand why freedom of expression is just for insulting Islam and nobody insults other religions. We see insulting Islam as freedom of expression but when somebody wants to question Holocaust or other issues immediately he comes under any kind of fire and even go to prison.
In recent years, Europe has turned into a haven for those who want to insult Islam and create Islamophobia, and countries like Sweden and Denmark have turned into the centers for insulting Muslims and each time, the insult has faced with a serious revolt from Muslims in the world as Muslims have shown the insulters that the Holy Quran and their Prophet are their red lines and they will not tolerate any blasphemy and insult against their sanctities.
Now Sweden which has turned into haven for terrorists and opposition groups as well as enemies of Islam is challenging with a blasphemy. Muslims worldwide have poured into streets especially gathered in front of Sweden Embassies to express their anger.
This time the condition is in a way that even the European Union has strongly denounced the recent Quran burning outside a mosque in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, calling it “a clear act of provocation.”
In a statement on Saturday, the EU said this “offensive, disrespectful” act does not reflect the opinions of the bloc, stressing that “manifestations of racism, xenophobia, and related intolerance” have no place in Europe.
It went on to say that the EU continues to uphold freedom of religion or belief and freedom of expression, both within its member states and internationally.
The statement further emphasized that “now is the time to stand together for mutual understanding and respect and to prevent any further escalation.”
It also noted that the incident was deemed even more offensive as it took place at the time when Muslims were celebrating Eid Al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice.
The EU also condemned the storming of the Swedish embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the statement said.
Of course Europeans should not expect Muslims to seat silent and passive against insulting their beliefs and principles and they should find some solution to decrease the number of sacrileges and not fanning the flame of anti-Islam actions, and supporting insult under the banner of freedom of expression is not acceptable.
On Wednesday, a 37-year-old Iraqi man stomped on the Quran before setting several pages alight in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque. The insult to the Muslim holy book was made under the authorization and protection of the Swedish police.
The incident, coinciding with the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha and the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, drew the anger of Muslims from across the world.
People in other Muslim countries also took to the streets in protest against the move.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has convened an emergency meeting of its executive committee to address the consequences of the sacrilegious act.
Sweden has repeatedly permitted Quran burning in recent years. In January, a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
We have not still forgotten that Turkey has set condition for Sweden’s joining the NATO bloc and it has called for extradition of terrorist group members and we know that many anti-Islamic Revolution groups’ members are in Sweden and as long as this country follows this policy of being haven for terrorist and anti-Islam people, we cannot expect the number of insult to Islam to decrease.
People in Muslim countries have also taken to the streets in protest against the move, including Iran, where people held a demonstration outside Sweden’s embassy in Tehran on Friday. But we expect all Muslim governments react strongly regarding this insult rather than letting their people do it.
Iran, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait and a number of other countries have voiced diplomatic protest against the Swedish government’s authorization of the Quran desecration.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Friday distanced himself from the blasphemy. “This is a serious security question. There’s no need to insult other people,” the right-wing premier said.
The perpetrator of the insult told a Swedish newspaper late Thursday that he intended to repeat his protest in July. “Within 10 days I will burn the Iraqi flag and the Koran in front of Iraq’s embassy in Stockholm,” he told Expressen.
Despite his distancing, we know that Sweden has repeatedly permitted Quran burnings in recent years. In January, a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
So we recommend European countries to stop provoking Muslims’ sentiment and not to play with the fire of wrath of Muslims because Muslims tolerate everything but insult to their Holy Quran and Prophet, and we also recommend Europe to stop playing with the phrase of “Freedom of Expression” which is only used for their own purposes and ignoring the rights of Muslims and disrespecting them.
