“The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, condemns in the strongest terms the vile act of burning the holy Quran by far-right activists, today, 21st January 2023, in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, and with the permission of the Swedish authorities,” the organization said in a statement.

“The OIC Secretary-General warns that this provocative action which has been committed repeatedly by far-right extremists targets Muslims insults their sacred values, and serves as a further example of the alarming level reached by Islamophobia, hate, intolerance, and xenophobia,” the statement noted.

The OIC Secretary-General also urged the Swedish authorities to take necessary measures against the perpetrators of this hate crime and called for increased international efforts to prevent re-occurrence of such acts and for solidarity to fight Islamophobia. (ILKHA)