TEHRAN -- A senior Iranian official says Muslim countries should move to boycott products manufactured or sold by Sweden and Denmark after the two Nordic countries allowed desecration of the Holy Qur’an on their soil.
Mohsen Rezaei, who serves as secretary of a top advisory economic body for the Iranian government, said boycotting Swedish and Danish products should be included in the coordinated measures being adopted by Islamic governments to condemn the acts of insults against the Holy Qur’an in the Sweden and Denmark.
“What is happening in some European countries, including in Sweden and Denmark, against Islamic sanctities and the Quran, is barbarism rather than freedom,” said Rezaei in a post on social media.
“To prevent a repetition of such heinous and inhumane acts, the Muslim countries have a duty to boycott their commodities, expel their ambassadors and follow up on the prosecution of the abusive people and their backers,” he said.
Anger has grown across the Islamic countries since earlier this week when a second act of insult against the holy Quran happened in Sweden with apparent consent from political and police authorities in the country.
Another case of Qur’an desecration happened in Denmark on Friday when a man set fire to a copy of the holy book on a square across from the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen.
Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said 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 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.