Saudi Arabia officially comments on the incident of "burning the Qur'an" in Sweden What did it say?

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its condemnation and denunciation of the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by a group of extremists in Sweden.

In its first comment on the "Quran burning" incident in Sweden, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday that it condemns and denounces this behavior by a group of extremists in Sweden, stressing that "abusing all religions and sanctities is prohibited."

The official Saudi Press Agency ( SPA ) said that the Kingdom "condemns and denounces what some extremists in Sweden have done of deliberately abusing the Holy Qur'an, provocations and incitement against Muslims."

She stressed, "the importance of concerted efforts to spread the values ​​of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence, rejecting hatred, extremism and exclusion, and preventing abuse of all religions and sanctities," she said.

For its part, the Muslim World League in Saudi Arabia said in a statement: "The Muslim World League condemned the absurd and shameful act committed by some extremists in Sweden by insulting a copy of the Noble Qur'an and inciting against Muslims."

She warned against the danger of methods of inciting hatred and provoking religious feelings that fuel feelings of hostility and division in societies and harm the values ​​of freedom and its human meanings, and serve only the agendas of extremism and counter-extremism,” she said.

The Secretary-General of the League, Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, called on Muslims to give precedence to wisdom, as he said that Muslims should invoke the lofty Islamic approach that calls for dealing with matters with wisdom in order to miss the opportunity on the bets of extremism that “in all cases” represent nothing but its hatred and its losing risks.

He pointed out that it does not represent the values ​​of the noble Swedish people and the respect they have for everyone and the spirit of brotherhood and love, especially their declared positions rejecting hatred and racism," he said.

Last Thursday, the leader of the Danish "Hardline Line" party, Rasmus Paludan, burned a copy of the Holy Quran in the city of Linkoping, southern Sweden, under police protection.