JAKARTA - The provocative Islamophobic action by burning the Al Quran Bible in Stockholm, Sweden, received strong reactions from a number of countries. One of them is Malaysia.
The Malaysian government also strongly condemns the actions of the Swedish authorities which allow the act. Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the act that defamed the Al-Quran Holy Book which was carried out on Eid al-Adha was an insult to Muslims around the world.
The Islamophobic action violates the universal principle of respecting and understanding all religions and holy books.
The Malaysian government considers the Swedish court's decision to allow this insulting act to occur repeatedly is not a progressive step in its efforts to increase mutual respect and understanding for the good of mankind.
Instead, the move seems to pardon hate crimes and malicious provocations aimed at spreading hatred against religion and incitement to violence, which could undermine peace and civilization efforts.
To that end, Malaysia urged the Swedish government to take immediate action against the perpetrators of the crime and take serious steps to combat increasingly worrying Islamophobic sentiment in the country.
The statement said the absence of the Swedish authorities' actions in stemming the provocative action could have a bad impression on the country's relations with Muslims around the world, as reported by Antara, Saturday, July 1.
Malaysia repeated its insistence that the United Nations, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Human Rights Council (HRC) take immediate action in promoting full respect and protection of the religious holy book and fighting increasingly worrying Islamophobic sentiment around the world.
The burning of the Quran again took place in Sweden and this time it was carried out by an Iraqi named Salman Momika who tore several sheets of the Al Quran page and burned it. The 37-year-old man claims to be a secular atic.
Swedish police previously rejected the request for the burning of the Al Quran, but the decision was overturned by the court.
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