Foreign Ministry calls for an emergency international meeting to be held in Baghdad

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[size=52]Foreign Ministry calls for an emergency international meeting to be held in Baghdad[/size]

[size=45]The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed Iraq's desire to hold a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf said, “Iraq sent an official memorandum to the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, confirming the Iraqi government’s desire to host a high-level emergency meeting in Baghdad to discuss the issue of desecration and burning of copies of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.”[/size]
[size=45]Pope Francis commented on the recent incident of burning the Qur’an in Sweden, stressing that allowing this is unacceptable and condemned, while stressing that freedom of expression should not be used as an excuse to offend others.[/size]
[size=45]The Pope expressed his anger at such behavior, and he said in an interview with the Emirati newspaper, Al-Ittihad, “I feel anger and disgust at these actions. Allowing this is unacceptable and condemned.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "our mission is to transform the religious sense into cooperation, brotherhood, and tangible acts of good," stressing that "the future of interfaith cooperation is based on the principle of reciprocity, respect for the other, and the truth."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Today we need peace builders, not weapons makers. We need peace builders, not conflict instigators. We need firefighters, not arsonists. We need preachers of reconciliation, not those threatened with destruction." .. Either the civilization of brotherhood or the reactionary enmity .. Either we build the future together, or there will be no future.[/size]
[size=45]The head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zaidan, had instructed the Public Prosecution Office to complete the legal procedures to recover Sloane Mumica, who burned the Qur’an in Sweden.[/size]
[size=45]Zaidan also gave permission to “take legal measures against the person who burned the Holy Qur’an in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of the Iraqi Penal Code in force.”[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish ambassador to Iraq, and informed her of Iraq's strong protest against Stockholm allowing "extremists" to burn a copy of the Noble Qur'an, demanding the Swedish government to hand over the convict.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the Swedish government to “take the necessary measures to stop the repeated insults to the Holy Qur’an, provided that legal justifications and freedom of expression do not justify allowing insults to religious sanctities.”[/size]
[size=45]For her part, the Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement, Evan Jabro, called on Sweden to "hold the person who committed this heinous act accountable with the most severe penalties and not allow this abuse to be repeated."[/size]
[size=45]And it praised the decision of the Supreme Judicial Council to issue an arrest warrant against this person and its request to Sweden to extradite him to Iraq, noting at the same time that “the Ministry of Migration and Displacement will have a position, through coordination with the Swedish government, to retrieve the wanted person and ensure that this incident does not recur.”[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that thousands of supporters of the Sadrist movement gathered in front of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, including those who came from various provinces, last Friday, in response to the call of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to demonstrate in protest against the burning of the Noble Qur’an in Sweden.[/size]
[size=45]In addition, the Muslim-majority countries Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations Union of Civilizations (UNAOC) condemned the act of burning a copy of the Quran.[/size]
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