Arab and Muslim countries have criticised plans by Sweden’s infamous far-right organisation Stram Kurs to burn copies of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book, during Ramadan.
Over the weekend, police clashed in Norrkoping, Linkoping, Rinkeby, Malmo, Orebro, and Stockholm as they attempted to prevent the book burning.
The Kingdom denounced the group’s “deliberate” misinterpretation of the Qur’an as an encouragement to hatred of Muslims, instead advocating for the promotion of a culture of discourse, tolerance, and religious cooperation.
In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs “expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation of some radicals in Sweden’s deliberate distortion of the Holy Qur’an, provocations, and incitement against Muslims.”
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Saudi Arabia emphasized the significance of rejecting bigotry, extremism, and exclusion, as well as advocating measures to protect all religious groups and sacred sites from harm.
Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Malaysia, and Qatar were among the countries who denounced Stram Kurs’s intentions. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Muslim World League, and the Arab Parliament, the Arab League’s legislative body, have also expressed their opposition.
