"The crime of burning the holy Qur'an by Pastor Terry Jones in the United States comes as part of a campaign which is taking various forms of expression… It reflects enmity towards religion," said a Hezbollah statement on Tuesday, quoted in a Press TV report from Beirut.
The resistance movement also denounced the sacrilegious act as a call for disputes over faith and religion. “It seeks to deviate global public opinion from the real conflicts between arrogant powers and the world's oppressed people,” the Lebanese political party noted.
Hezbollah also held the American administration responsible for the crime, noting that the desecration of Muslims' holy book serves hegemonic intentions at the time Muslims and Christians must collaborate with each other.
The Lebanese movement called on all religious institutions to remain vigilant at all times and foil blasphemous schemes in the world. It also called on churches to take a firm stance to nip this kind of conspiracy in the bud.
On Sunday, American evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp set fire to a copy of the Holy Qur'an in a small church in Florida.
Terry Jones, the head of Dove World Outreach Center who had planned to burn Qur'an last year on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 attacks, was also present during the event.
Jones' plan had been criticized worldwide and ignited many protests all around the world before it was finally cancelled at the last minute when US President Barack Obama and senior Pentagon officials warned him of the possible consequences.
Many Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran and Indonesia held massive demonstrations against the decision.
The Vatican council also blasted the Florida church's scheme as an "outrageous and grave gesture."
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