Burning Quran an Act of Terrorism: Al-Azhar Chief
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Sheikh of Egypt’s al-Azhar Islamic Center denounced recent moves to desecrate the Holy Quran in Sweden and Norway.
In a message posted on Facebook, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyeb described burning the Quran as an act of terrorism, al-Alam TV reported.
This is a racist move and a hate crime that all human civilizations oppose, he said.
Those who committed this crime should realize that they hurt the feelings of more than a billion Muslims, the cleric deplored.
Muslim countries have strongly condemned recent incidents in Sweden and Norway in which copies of the Holy Quran were desecrated.
On Friday, a copy of the Quran was burned in the city of Malmo by right-wing extremists.
A day later, at an anti-Islam protest in Oslo, Norway — held by the far-right group Stop the Islamization of Norway (SION) — a protester tore out pages of the Quran and spat on them.
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