AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry
of Jordan alongside various Arab countries condemned the burning of a copy of
the
Quran in Stockholm on Saturday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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Jordan’s foreign ministry reaffirmed
the
Kingdom's rejection and condemnation of this act. It emphasized that
spreading and promoting a culture of peace and acceptance of others, raising
awareness of common values of respect, enriching values of harmony and
tolerance, and
rejecting extremism, intolerance, and incitement to hatred, is a
collective responsibility that everyone must adhere to.
Foreign ministries of Saudi Arabia,
Iraq, the UAE, Egypt, and Kuwait also condemned this act in separate statements
and blamed the
Swedish authorities for allowing an extremist to commit such an
act.
The Arab countries urged the
international community to assume its responsibilities and stop such
unacceptable acts, reject all forms of hatred and extremism, and hold the
perpetrators accountable.
This act, they stated, contradicts
human and moral values and principles.
Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish
far-right political party Hard Line, burned the
Quran, during a protest outside
of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm while surrounded by police.
Turkey, shortly after, canceled a
visit from Sweden, which aimed to lift Ankara’s objection to Sweden’s NATO bid,
AFP reported.
According to Al Jazeera, Paludan set
fire to the holy book with a lighter following a long diatribe of almost an
hour, in which he attacked Islam and immigration in Sweden. About 100 people
gathered nearby for a peaceful counter-demonstration.
In April last year, Paludan’s
announcement of a Quran burning “tour” during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
sparked riots across Sweden.
“If you don’t think there should be
freedom of expression, you have to live somewhere else,” he said.
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