AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry called on the Islamabad government to take a strong position to force Stockholm to prevent Quran desecration incidents.
Irfan Iqbal Sheikh strongly condemned the utterly unacceptable, blasphemous and intolerable incident of desecration of the Holy Quran.
Pakistan’s business community collectively and strongly demands that the government should engage the Swedish government at the highest-level and convey our protest vociferously, unequivocally and categorically, Irfan Iqbal Sheikh said.
He maintained that the business community is the most peace-loving and law-abiding community; but, we cannot tolerate any such blasphemous incidents and the sanctity of our beloved religion comes first before any other interests – whatsoever!
FPCCI has proposed that the government should invoke the 57-country strong alliance of OIC; utilizing Pakistan’s unique position and influence within Muslim Ummah; in a way that forces the Swedish authorities to take strongest possible action against the culprit and ensuring that no such incident is repeated in Sweden, he said.
He called for inter-faith harmony, dialogue and mutual-respect – the very basis for peaceful co-existence in this diverse world. He also stressed that the platform of SAARC should also be engaged to raise the concerns on an international and regional level.
He explained that strictest possible international laws are needed to make sure that all religions are respected and feelings of their followers are not hurt at any cost.
In recent weeks, Quran desecrations in Sweden and Denmark with government permission and police protection have drawn widespread anger and condemnations from the Muslim world.
The Nordic countries allow the blasphemies to happen under the guise of the so-called freedom of speech despite wide condemnations from Muslim and non-Muslim states and even in the face of a UN Human Rights Council resolution adopted last month.
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