Iran Assembly of Experts Condemns Desecration of Islamic Sanctities
In a statement on Sunday, the Assembly said the world arrogance and the international Zionism are behind the moves, made by some extremists.
It said such racist and extremist measures against Islam that have hurt the feelings of Muslims worldwide are also insulting to all monotheistic faiths.
The statement called on all Islamic countries to condemn the insulting moves and urged international organizations to seriously confront such behaviors.
Many Muslim countries have strongly condemned recent incidents in Sweden and Norway in which copies of the Holy Quran were desecrated.
Last 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.
Earlier this week, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo reprinted the insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), as the trial opened over the subsequent 2015 terror attack on its Paris office.
The Assembly of Experts is a high-ranking body that elects and oversees the activities of the leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Members of the assembly are directly elected to office by people for an eight-year term. It holds biannual meetings to appoint a new chairman.
