The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for collective action to be taken against the repeated desecration of the Quran and insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The statement was made following a meeting in Jeddah, where the OIC emphasized that insults to the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad cannot be considered ordinary Islamophobia.
The OIC called for the application of international law to ban religious hatred and urged collective measures to prevent the desecration of the Quran and insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
The emergency meeting was called after a Swedish-Iraqi man, Salwan Mousa Mecca, tore up a copy of the Quran and set it on fire outside a Stockholm mosque on the first day of Eid Al-Adha. The incident has sparked widespread condemnation from the Arab and Islamic worlds.
This is not the first incident of its kind in Sweden, where more than 600,000 Muslims live. In January of this year, Danish far-right extremist Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, under police protection.
The OIC’s call for collective action against the desecration of the Quran and insulting the Prophet Muhammad emphasizes the need for respect and tolerance towards all religions and beliefs. The international community needs to work together to prevent such incidents and promote harmony and understanding between different cultures and faiths.
