Iran Blasts Desecration of Holy Quran in US
Iran's Foreign Ministry in a statement has slammed the radical US pastor’s burning of the holy Quran describing the sacrilegious act as a futile attempt for inciting hatred and phobia against Islam.
In a statement issued late on Sunday night, the Iranian Foreign Ministry termed the act as part of failed plans by the West for war of civilizations, adding that it aimed to incite hatred and phobia against Islam.
The statement also said that the US government’s failure to act against similar acts of desecration in the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons in Iraq and Cuba and the recent such sacrileges in Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan had led to the blasphemous acts of Saturday.
Yesterday, April 28, the radical American pastor, Terry Jones, once again burned copies of Muslims’ holy book, the holy Quran, as well as a portrait of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in a Florida church.
Some 20 people attended the burning process.
On February 20, US troopers burned copies of the Holy Qur'an and other Islamic texts at the US-run airbase in the northern Afghanistan province of Parwan.
On March 20, 2011, American evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp, who was serving as Jones' assistant at the time, torched a copy of Qur'an, claiming that the holy book had been found "guilty" of crimes and was therefore "executed."
Jones was also present during the event.
The desecration sparked widespread protests in many Muslim countries, including Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, and India after a video of the Qur'an burning was broadcast online. The protests turned violent in Afghanistan, leaving at least 12 people dead.
Source: Press TV
The statement also said that the US government’s failure to act against similar acts of desecration in the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons in Iraq and Cuba and the recent such sacrileges in Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan had led to the blasphemous acts of Saturday.
Yesterday, April 28, the radical American pastor, Terry Jones, once again burned copies of Muslims’ holy book, the holy Quran, as well as a portrait of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in a Florida church.
Some 20 people attended the burning process.
On February 20, US troopers burned copies of the Holy Qur'an and other Islamic texts at the US-run airbase in the northern Afghanistan province of Parwan.
On March 20, 2011, American evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp, who was serving as Jones' assistant at the time, torched a copy of Qur'an, claiming that the holy book had been found "guilty" of crimes and was therefore "executed."
Jones was also present during the event.
The desecration sparked widespread protests in many Muslim countries, including Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, and India after a video of the Qur'an burning was broadcast online. The protests turned violent in Afghanistan, leaving at least 12 people dead.
Source: Press TV
