Pakistani Official Stresses Need for Int’l Legislation against Quran Desecration

ISLAMABAD (IQNA) – A Pakistani official called on the international community to ensure legislation against blasphemy and desecration of the Holy Quran in their countries.

This in important to avoid any religious conflict in future, Special Representative to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said in Lahore on Sunday.

Condemning the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden under the official umbrella, he said that the perpetrators of this incidents wanted to create clash between the nations and religions.

Ashrafi, who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council, said that the terrorists who killed the people without any reason in the name of Islam were not even Muslim. He said that the Muslims respect all holy prophets and divine books including the Bible, Taurah and Psalm as it is part of our faith.

He said that it was a good gesture that all religions including Christians, Hindus and Sikh condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and almost all major countries also condemned the incident.

Source: dailytimes.com.pk