Nasrallah: Muslim Nations’ Stance against Quran Desecrations ‘Disappointing’
"The stance of Islamic countries in defending the Holy Quran is weak and disappointing," Sayyed Nasrallah said on Tuesday during the Ashura march commemorating the 13th of Muharram in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh.
"There is a Mossad agent who is desecrating Islamic sanctities under the protection of the Swedish police. His actions constitute an insult to two billion Muslims around the world," Nasrallah said.
However, amid the weak support shown by Islamic countries in their support for the Quran, there is no longer any point for Muslims to await the decisions of their governments and organizations. They must assume their responsibilities and severely punish those who desecrate the Quran, he said.
"If the insult had been directed at a king or a member of their family, they would have been upturned in fury. As for the burning of the Quran, they did nothing."
"If the rulers in our Islamic world do not have the courage and zeal to defend the Holy Quran, how will they have the courage to defend our land, Lebanon, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque?"
His remarks came after Sweden permitted the desecration of a copy of the Quran outside a Stockholm Mosque.
Over the past month, the holy Muslim book has been subject to acts of desecration by extremist elements multiple times in Sweden and Denmark, whose governments have sanctioned and justified such insults as "freedom of expression."
The sacrilegious acts have ignited the ire of the entire Muslim community across the globe. Several countries have summoned or expelled Swedish and Danish ambassadors.
The Nordic countries have deplored the desecration of the Qur’an but claimed that they cannot prevent it under constitutional laws protecting freedom of speech.
Source: Al Mayadeen
