Rabat – Morocco has condemned an Islamophobic and provocative act from an extremist far-right activist, who tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Hague on Sunday.
“The kingdom denounces this new provocative act that affects the feelings of more than a billion Muslims,” a statement from Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
The statement recalled Morocco’s respect for tolerance and coexistence, stressing the need for urgent action to firmly deal with any act that is causing harm and affecting religious groups and people’s feelings.
Other countries, including Turkiye, also issued a communique against the act, describing it as a “vile attack” and as “proof of Islamophobia and xenophobia in Europe.”
“This despicable act, which, after Sweden, took place this time in the Netherlands, insulting our sacred values and containing a hate crime, is a clear declaration that Islamophobia, discrimination and xenophobia know no bounds in Europe,” the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
The frustration came in response to a provocative and Islamophobic act from Edwin Wagensveld, the leader of a Dutch Islamophobe far-right group, who tore pages out of a copy of the Quran and stomped on them on Sunday.
Police did not intervene to stop the provocative act, which sparked a new uproar amid a similar Islamopbic act in Sweden.
On Saturday last week, leader of the far-right party Stram Kurs Rasmus Paludan burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm last week on Saturday, sparking worldwide outrage.
The act triggered condemnation from many countries across the world, including Morocco.
“The Kingdom of Morocco is surprised at the authorization by the Swedish authorities of this unacceptable act, which took place in front of the Swedish law enforcement authorities,” the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a communique.
