{"id":30290,"date":"2022-04-19T07:58:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=30290"},"modified":"2022-04-19T07:58:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:58:59","slug":"pakistan-strongly-condemns-recent-islamophobic-incidents-in-sweden-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/30290\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan strongly condemns recent Islamophobic incidents in Sweden, Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) &#8211; Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran during rallies in Sweden. Pakistan also strongly condemned the offensive remarks made by a Dutch politician, attacking Islam and the Muslim holy month of Ramazan.<\/p>\n<p>A Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement said, \u201cthese mindless provocative Islamophobic incidents serve no purpose other than hurting the sensitivities of over 1.5 billion Muslims living all over the world. Such actions are not covered under legitimate expressions of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, which carry responsibilities under international human rights law, such as the obligation not to carry out hate speech and incite people to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muslims, including in Pakistan, unequivocally condemn the practice of insulting Islam, Christianity and Judaism alike, and stand against all acts of violence on the basis of religion or belief. These principles must be equally respected and supported by all, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe international community needs to show a common resolve against xenophobia, intolerance and incitement to violence on the basis of religion or belief, and work together for promoting inter-faith harmony and peaceful co-existence. That has been the spirit behind the OIC\u2019s recent initiative led by Pakistan at the UN General Assembly to designate 15 March as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan\u2019s concerns have been conveyed to the authorities in Sweden and The Netherlands. They have been urged to take cognizance of the sentiments of the people of Pakistan and the Muslims worldwide and take steps to prevent Islamophobic incidents,\u201d he said adding, \u201cWe call on the international community to demonstrate solidarity and commitment to the ideals of building peaceful and harmonious societies for the betterment of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (National Times) &#8211; Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran during rallies in Sweden. Pakistan also strongly condemned the offensive remarks made by a Dutch politician, attacking Islam and the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. A Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement said, \u201cthese mindless provocative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan strongly condemns recent Islamophobic incidents in Sweden, Netherlands - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2022\/30290\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan strongly condemns recent Islamophobic incidents in Sweden, Netherlands - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD (National Times) &#8211; Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran during rallies in Sweden. 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