International condemnation of insulting the Holy Quran at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council

Foreign ministers of Islamic countries and representatives of more than 80 Islamic and non-Islamic countries condemned the insult to the Holy Quran and other sacred books of divine religions during a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council.

Foreign ministers of Islamic countries, representatives of more than eighty Islamic and non-Islamic countries, as well as foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar and Indonesia sent video messages at an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, condemning the insult to the Holy Quran in the countries of Europe and demanded the adoption of appropriate laws to prevent the recurrence of such heinous acts in the future.

A meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on the issue of insulting the Holy Quran is being held in Geneva at the request of the ambassadors of Islamic countries. According to the announced program, at the end of the meeting, a resolution proposed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in condemning insults to the Holy Quran and religions should be presented and approved.

Insulting Islamic shrines, especially the Holy Quran, has repeatedly happened in some European countries. In the last instance of these heinous acts, we can mention the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, which provoked a strong reaction from the Muslims of the world and many international forums.