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Pope Francis has strongly condemned the burning of Islam’s holy book, the Qu-ran, in Sweden.
“Any book considered sacred by its authors must be respected out of respect for its believers,” the pope said in an interview with the United Arab Emirates newspaper al-Ittihad, published on Monday.
“I feel angry and disgusted at these actions,” he said.
“Freedom of speech should never be used as a means to despise others and allowing that is rejected and condemned,” the pontiff added
New Telegraph had last week reported that a person identified as Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Qu-ran under police protection in front of Stockholm Mosque in Sweden.
This provocative act was timed to coincide with Eid-Al-Adha, one of the major Islamic religious festivals celebrated by Muslims worldwide.
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The act has elicited widespread condemnations from across the Islamic world, including Türkey, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Senegal, Morocco, and Mauritania.
In January, a far-right politician also set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Sweden.
