Despite the [European countries’] claim to freedom of expression, the permission issued [by them] for the recent acts of desecration against the Holy Quran exemplifies ‘modern ignorance’,” Rayeesi stated on Sunday.
He noted that the Holy Quran has put special emphasize on the need to fight ignorance in all its forms and “this is why the followers of modern ignorance harbor such a grudge against the Quran”
“In view of the wave of awakening that is sweeping the world, the day will come when all the people will become aware of the ominous, despicable and inhumane intentions of those who insult the Quran,” Iran’s president continued.
His comment came after an anti-Muslim group insulted the holy book of Islam in Denmark on Friday. The sacrilege move came a day after Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee, desecrated the Muslim holy book outside the Baghdad embassy in Stockholm amid strict protection provided by the Swedish police. The immigrant also burned pages of a copy of the Holy Quran in front of Stockholm’s largest mosque in late June during Eid al-Adha.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that the sacrilegious act show that the arrogant powers’ attacks are aimed at Islam itself.
