AMMAN — The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the burning of a
copy of the Quran by extremists in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the Jordan
News Agency, Petra.
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The incident,
which took place on
Friday during Ramadan, has provoked the feelings of Muslims
worldwide.
‘Inciting and
racist’ actIn a statement,
the
ministry's spokesperson, Sinan Majali, described the act as "an
inciting and racist one that provokes Muslims' feelings". He also
emphasized that
burning the Quran is a serious act of hate and a manifestation
of Islamophobia that incites violence and insults to religions.
Majali went on
to state that such acts cannot be considered a form of freedom of expression.
He called on
Danish authorities to take responsibility and stop such irresponsible behavior and
actions that fuel violence and hatred, threatening peaceful coexistence.
Calls on
international communityThe Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates also called on the international community to
assume its responsibilities by confronting these acts and preventing them.
It urged for
the
promotion of a culture of peace and acceptance of the other, raising
awareness of the values of common respect, enriching the values of harmony and
tolerance, and
rejecting extremism, fanaticism and incitement to hatred as a
collective responsibility that everyone must abide by.
Qatar condemns
actQatar also
condemned the
burning of a copy of the Quran.
"This
heinous incident is an act of incitement and a serious provocation to the
feelings of more than 2 billion Muslims in the world, especially in the holy
month of Ramadan," the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a
statement.
The Ministry
warned that allowing
repeated violations of the Quran under the pretext of
freedom of expression fuels hatred and violence, threatens the values of
peaceful coexistence, and reveals abhorrent double standards.
The statement
renewed Qatar's total rejection of all forms of hate speech based on belief,
race or religion, and the involvement of sanctities in political disputes.
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