Russia strongly rejects provocative acts of Islamophobia and indulgence to religious radicals from the Sweden authorities. This is stated in the statement of the special representative of the Russian Foreign Minister on the issues of cooperation in the field of ensuring the right to freedom of religion Gennady Askaldovich in connection with the action of the burning of the Koran in Stockholm on June 28.
“We decisively reject such inducing to religious radicals from the official Stockholm. For the umpteenth, a provocative act of Islamophobia was once again covered by reasoning about the notorious” freedom of speech “and” democracy “. The price of such” democracy “is a muffled, if in fact it leads To arbitrariness and permissiveness, ”the diplomat emphasized.
The special representative focused on the fact that the “next egregious act against Islam” was committed on the day when “almost a billion Muslims around the world celebrated their main holiday – Kurban -Bayram.”
”The world community is obliged to jointly counteract such shameful violations of the rights of believers,” Askaldovich emphasized.
On the first day of the holiday of Kurban in Stockholm, a native of Iraq named Salvan Momik burned a copy of the Qur’an. In the area of the anti -Islamic campaign, police security was provided.