The Secretary-General of the United Nations, “Antonio Guterres”, announced that he had received the message of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, on the background of the crime of burning the Holy Quran in Sweden. Stressing that he highly appreciates the efforts of His Eminence, and he will prepare a response letter in this regard.
A statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry stated that the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, received a phone call from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to discuss the abuse of the Noble Qur’an by an Iraqi residing in Sweden. Last Wednesday, the “Sistani Reference” message regarding the heinous crime.
According to the statement, the Iraqi foreign minister provided an explanation in which he stated that “these actions raise and develop multiple problems between the countries of the Islamic world and European societies, in which similar events occur. They even feed the phenomenon of “Islamophobia” and extremist and terrorist ideas and sow hatred and violence in all countries of the world. .
The Iraqi foreign minister stressed the need to “work internationally to combat these ideas that lead to insulting the sanctities and their symbols and burning the heavenly books, including the Holy Qur’an.”
For his part, the Secretary-General of the UN confirmed the follow-up to “this event, as well as the reactions in Iraq and the Islamic world.” He expressed his denunciation and condemnation of this heinous act, and the need to work to confront the phenomenon of “Islamophobia”.
He added, “I received (Mr.) Sistani’s message, and I highly appreciate his Eminence’s efforts, and I will prepare a response letter in this regard.”
Iraq, Sweden, the Holy Quran
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2023-07-01 15:02:17
