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2023-09-26 India-Pakistan
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Quran desecration in Hague 'deliberately provocative, Islamophobic act': FO
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[GEO.TV] Pakistain condemned in the strongest terms the latest senseless and deeply offensive act of desecration of the Holy Koran outside embassies of Moslem countries in The Hague, Netherlands, terming it a "deliberately provocative and Islamophobic act", the Foreign Office said on Monday.
"It is a deliberately provocative and Islamophobic act that has hurt the sentiments of Moslems around the world. Such acts cannot be condoned under the guise of freedom of expression, opinion and protest," a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) read.
It added that the country believes that freedom of expression comes with responsibilities.
Pakistain also urged the governments of different countries to actively prevent racist and Islamophobic acts, which incite religious hatred.
"It is important for the international community to raise its voice against Islamophobia
 ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
and work in concert to promote interfaith harmony," the statement also said while referring to the 2022 United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
resolution on combating Islamophobia.
It further stated that Islamabad has conveyed its concerns to the Dutch authorities. "We urge them to be mindful of the sentiments of the people of Pakistain and Moslems around the world and take active steps to prevent such hateful and Islamophobic acts."
It may be noted that the incidents of Koran burning
...One of the basic tenets of Islam is that once a Koran has been printed it is expected to last for all time, no matter how old, ratty, and smelly other, lesser holy books may become. Should it actually become necessary to put a Koran out of its misery there is a ritual that includes extensive charivari, featuring long drawn-wailing and head bonking, ritual wife beating, and the sacrifice of dozens of women's noses and pubic lips. When the actual disposal has been completed there is a prescribed period of celebratory gun sex with the expectation of a minimum of two hundred casualties. Should actual infidels dispose of a Koran, Islamic custom calls for three weeks of rioting and a minimum of three dozen dead, which is a holdover from the days of Moloch worship....
and desecration have been on the rise for the last few months.
Last month, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed grave concern over an increase in Islamophobia after a spike in incidents of Holy Koran burning in Nordic nations.
Notorious people, with their governments' approval, have in the last few weeks desecrated the holy book in Sweden and Denmark, inviting strong criticism from Moslem countries.
Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah had reported on Saturday that Dutch far-right activist Edwin Wagensveld, who leads the Dutch branch of the far-right group Pegida, had desecrated the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish, Pakistani and Indonesian embassies in the Hague and “insulted Islam and Muslims”.
Separately, Saudi Arabia also issued a condemnation and denounced the incident in a statement posted earlier today on the social media platform X.
Meanwhile, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Jassim Mohammed Al-Budaiwi called for “urgent and effective international steps to confront these aggressive and provocative actions against Muslims.”
The OIC also criticised the “provocative act” in a statement issued a day ago.
Last month, Wagensveld had trampled on and tore up a copy of the Holy Quran at a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in The Hague, infuriating dozens of counter-protesters.
The Dutch government had already condemned the holding of the demonstration ahead of the event but said it had no legal powers to prevent it.
Similar incidents of the Holy Quran’s desecration have taken place in other European countries recently. In late July, two men set fire to a copy of the Quran in front of the Swedish parliament, and similar incidents have taken place in Denmark this year.
Such demonstrations have provoked anger and condemnations and sometimes unrest in several Muslim countries.
Muslim leaders addressing the United Nations General Assembly last week had berated the West over torchings of the Holy Quran. 
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