Tens of thousands of people attended the demonstration held by the Quranic Generation Platform (Kuran Nesli Platformu) at the 8 March Women's Park in Batman to protest the burning of the Holy Quran in southern Linkoping city, Sweden.
The officials of HÜDA PAR, representatives of the political parties, NGOs, Islamic scholars, and opinion leaders attended the event, which is being held with the slogan “Protect Holy Quran”.
The protesters were holding banners that read "Sweden, do not make a mistake, do not make us lose our patience”, “We are the guardians of the Holy Quran”, “Stop the burning of the Holy Quran" and “Stop insulting Muslims”, and “Take off your hand from Holy Quran”
The protesters were frequently chanting slogans in Turkish and Kurdish against the desecration of the Holy Quran at the event, where Özlem Agency singers also took the stage to perform Islamic songs for the audience.
Quranic Generation Platform, the organizer of the “Protect Holy Quran” rally, issued a statement to thank people for all participants taking part in the event.
“Tens of thousands of Qur'an lovers shouted to the world that the Qur'an is an inextinguishable sun”
“We stood up in Batman against the heinous attack targeting our holy book in Sweden. Today we have seen once again that this nation is in love with the Holy Qur'an. Tens of thousands of Qur'an lovers from all walks of life gathered in the square to show, not only to Sweden but to the whole world that the Qur'an is an inextinguishable sun,” the platform said. (ILKHA)