AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Iranian worshipers held rallies after Friday prayers to condemn the recent cases of insulting Muslim sanctities in a number of European countries.
Those attending Friday prayers in cities all over Iran took part in the demonstrations, voicing their anger and disgust at desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands.
They also said that the support from the European countries for these disrespectful and insulting acts shows that these incident had been preplanned.
The demonstrators called on Muslim world governments to show decisive reaction to such sacrilegious acts.
On Monday, Dutch politician Edwin Wagensveld, the head of the far-right PEGIDA, tore pages out of the holy book before setting them on fire in front of the parliamentary building in the Hague.
A video posted on his social media accounts showed Wagensveld claiming he received permission from local authorities for “the destruction of the Quran.”
His provocation followed another Islamophobic protest on Saturday in Sweden, where a Danish extremist burned a copy of the holy book in a police-approved demonstration.
The Muslim community worldwide has been outraged since the weekend at anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan, who staged his provocative demonstration in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm while delivering a hate-filled speech, and the Swedish authorities who allowed him under the guise of “freedom of expression.”
Following are photos of the rally held at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini (RA) Mosalla (prayer hall) after Friday prayers on Friday.
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