OIC to hold emergency meeting on recurring Qur’an desecration in Europe: Iraq

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recurring acts of the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Europe.

The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the ministerial OIC meeting is set to be convened following the recent incidents involving the desecration of the holy Muslim book in Sweden and Denmark.

However, it did not specify the exact time and venue of the OIC’s emergency meeting.

The meeting is in response to two requests submitted by Iraq’s Foreign Ministry to the OIC over the incidents in Sweden and Denmark, which provoked the feelings of about two billion Muslims around the world, the statement read, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

It further noted that the emergency meeting is expected to address “the most important collective procedures and positions of the member states” regarding the recent cases of insults to the holy Muslim book as well as “mechanisms to confront the phenomenon of Islamophobia.”

“Provocative and heinous practices against Islamic sanctities are fueled by laws that permit them under the pretext of freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate, and this revives hatred and extremism, threatens social peace and security, and brings human societies back to the [era] of violence.”