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GENEVA
The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold an urgent debate in Sweden about the recent desecration of the Qur’an, the holy book of Muslims.
The council said in a statement that the urgent discussion will take place in Geneva on July 11, adding that there has been “an alarming increase in premeditated and overt acts of religious hatred, manifested in repeated desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries”. he added. will be discussed.
According to the statement, an emergency meeting was planned upon Pakistan’s official request on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states, including members of the Human Rights Council.
This will be the 9th urgent discussion of the Human Rights Council since its inception in 2006.
“We see this urgent discussion and its outcome as an opportunity to demonstrate the unity, mutual respect and understanding of this Council and to reach consensus on a forward-looking text,” Pakistani Ambassador Khalil Hashmi said in a statement on behalf of the OIC.
“We trust that Council members will support the organization of this debate and support an outcome that charts a clear path for acts of incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence and advocacy of hate facing the world today,” Hashmi said. said. aforementioned.
Last week, Salwan Momika, 37, of Iraqi descent, burned a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of a mosque in Stockholm, under police protection.
The action was deliberately timed to coincide with Eid al-Adha, an important Islamic religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world.
The incident sparked widespread condemnation from many countries, including Turkey, with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation calling for collective measures to prevent such acts.
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