Foreign Minister to his Swedish counterpart: We must prevent the recurrence offensive acts to Islam and Holy Quran

Baghdad-INA  
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf announced today, Wednesday, that Minister Fuad Hussein stressed to his Swedish counterpart the need to prevent the recurrence of acts offensive to Islam and the Holy Quran.
 
Al-Sahhaf told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Deputy Chairman of the Council of Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein made a phone call today to his Swedish counterpart, Tobias Bilstrom," noting that "during the call, the threat of the Holy Qur'an burner was discussed by repeating what he did tomorrow, Thursday, July 20, 2023, with another person from Iraq in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm.
 
Hussein stressed "the seriousness of these acts and its repetition, which indicates systematic action," noting that "the Holy Qur'an is deeply rooted in the hearts of more than two billion Muslims around the world."
 
Hussein called on "the Swedish government to prevent the recurrence of these offensive and repeated acts against Islam and the Holy Qur'an, and to confront such provocative acts, which incite violence and feed hatred, racism and extremism, and which cannot be included within the scope of freedoms," pointing to "the importance of having an international resolute stance towards it stems from international laws and norms, which prevent insulting and attacking religions, holy books and beliefs.
 
He stressed "the keenness of the Iraqi government and people on the security and safety of diplomatic missions residing in Baghdad, including the mission of the Kingdom of Sweden," pointing to "the importance of respecting freedom of expression in accordance with constitutional and legal standards, in a way that does not constitute an offense to religions or freedom of belief."
 
For his part, the Swedish Foreign Minister expressed his country's "condemnation of this act," stressing that "the Swedish government strongly rejects such anti-Islamic acts, and that it does not support or condone in any way the anti-Islamic views expressed by the person concerned during this incident."
 
He renewed "the Swedish government's commitment to protecting the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm."