AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Top Iraqi Shia cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday condemned the sacrilegious act by the far-right Swedish group and called for summoning the Swedish ambassador to the Arab country.
“During the month of the Qur’an, the Qur’an is burned in a European country where Muslims are numerous,” he noted. “Why is this provocation happening to the feelings of Muslims?”
“If you do not believe in God and His Sharia, this does not give you the right to burn the Qur'an.”
The influential Shia cleric called on the country’s foreign ministry to summon the Swedish envoy to Baghdad and lodge a protest against the “terrorist crime” and “sedition” aimed at creating fissures between different religions.
Anti-Muslim sentiments have been on the rise across Europe in recent years in the wake of terrorist attacks in the continent, carried out mostly by Daesh sympathizers or the terrorist group's members who returned home following the group’s defeat in Iraq and Syria.
Muslim leaders in Europe and around the world have repeatedly condemned the terrorist attacks.
Moreover, the rise of far-right ideology and the propagation of anti-immigration policies have also exacerbated the status of religious minorities in Europe.
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18 April 2022 - 05:40
News ID: 1248985
Top Iraqi Shia cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday condemned the sacrilegious act by the far-right Swedish group and called for summoning the Swedish ambassador to the Arab country.
