ANKARA, Jul 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry condemned an “attack” on the Quran in Stockholm yesterday, while urging Sweden to take measures against such kind of “hate crimes.”
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack targeting our holy book, the Holy Quran, in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm today,” said the ministry in a statement.
It was responding to the incident which took place yesterday in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, in which one of the protesters trampled on the Quran.
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s resolution, which was adopted on Jul 12, following the burning of a Quran in front of a mosque in Stockholm on Jun 28, defined attacks on the Quran as “religious hatred,” it said.
“We expect Sweden to take deterrent measures to prevent this hate crime against the religion of Islam and its billions of people, within the framework of its international responsibilities, especially its obligations at the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council of Europe,” it said.
The incident took place not long after the Turkish government gave the green light to Sweden’s NATO bid. The Turkish parliament will vote on the Nordic country’s NATO membership in Oct.– NNN-XINHUA
