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President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday strongly condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and urged the international community to ashow common resolve against Islamophobia and work towards consolidating the values of tolerance and coexistence.
While condemning the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, the president said the abhorrent incident insulted the holy scripture of Islam and hurt the feelings of billions of Muslims under the guise of freedom of expression.
He termed the act as senseless, provocative and Islamophobic which hurt the religious sensitivities of Muslims around the world.
Dr Alvi called upon the world to criminalize all acts that promote the ideology of hatred and not allow extremist and radical elements to spread hatred against Islamic sanctities and values.
He termed the act as senseless, provocative and Islamophobic which hurt the religious sensitivities of Muslims around the world.
The president, in a statement, stressed that the immoral incident was an act of needless incitement and a serious provocation to the feelings of Muslims in the world.
“This is against the internationally accepted norms and principles of legitimate expression of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, which obliged everyone to not resort to hate speech and incite people to violence,” he said.
The president said that Islam preached respect and reverence for all religions of the world whereas this heinous act has hurt Muslims by insulting their sacred values, and reflected the alarming levels of Islamophobia.
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