President Alvi, Premier Shehbaz condemn desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden

ISLAMABAD, July 1 (SABAH): President Dr Arif Alvi has condemned the desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden, saying the tragic act had greatly hurt the feelings of billions of Muslims.

Taking to Twitter, Dr Arif Alvi said, “Every state must take measures for the prevention of such Islamophobic acts. I urge the international community to work for promoting inter-faith harmony and dialogue to create tolerance for each other’s religious beliefs and values”.

“Humanity must move away from acts of senseless hatred towards uniting the world in peace,” he maintained.

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he was disgusted and appalled by the incident of public burning of the Holy Quran in front of a mosque in Sweden.

In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said, “Disgusted and appalled by the incident of public burning of the Holy Quran in front of a mosque in Sweden.”

“Such vile, despicable and heinous Islamophobic acts brazenly violate international law. I have no words to adequately condemn this anti-Islam act, which is clearly meant to hurt the feelings of Muslims around the world. The Holy Quran is a Divine Book of love, peace and wisdom for the entire humanity and the deviant character who indulged in this condemnable act has, in fact, insulted the shared values of humanity,” he said