Qatar condemns desecration of the Koran in Sweden
Doha: The state of Qatar has strongly condemned extremists’ burning of copies of the Holy Quran in the city of Malmö in the Kingdom of Sweden and considered this heinous act an act of incitement and a serious provocation to the feelings of more than two billion Muslims in the world.
In a statement yesterday, the Foreign Ministry reaffirmed Qatar’s total rejection of all forms of hate rhetoric based on faith, race or religion, and warned that this populist inflammatory rhetoric had taken a dangerous turn by continuing institutional and systematic calls for repeated targeting. of Muslims in the world.
In this context, the Ministry called on the international community to take responsibility for renouncing hatred, discrimination, incitement and violence and to work for a grassroots solution to the controversial relationship between freedom of religion and belief and freedom of opinion and expression. through dialogue and mutual understanding.
The Ministry reiterated Qatar’s full support for the values of tolerance and coexistence, and its commitment to establishing the principles of international peace and security.