The Deputy Prime Minister, Minster of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, received a phone call from his Swedish counterpart, Tobias Bilstrom, to discuss the repercussions of the burning of the Holy Quran by an extremist in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
The minister expressed Iraq’s strong condemnation and denunciation of this heinous act, which represents a grave insult to religious sanctities, inflames the feelings of Muslims around the world and constitutes a dangerous provocation for them, indicating that burning a copy of the Holy Qur’an does not come within the context of freedom of expression, but rather to incite violence, sow hatred and support the phenomenon of Islamophobia, calling on the Swedish government to take the necessary measures against this person, calling on the Swedish government to hand him over to the Iraqi government in order to prosecute him according to Iraqi law.
For his part, the Swedish Foreign Minister expressed his country’s condemnation of this act, expressing his deep regret for what happened, stressing that the Swedish government strongly rejects such anti-Islamic acts, and that it does not support or condone in any way the anti-Islamic views expressed by the person concerned during this incident, adding that the Swedish government fully understands that Muslims in Sweden and in other countries have felt insulted by what happened.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
