Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 31/01/2023
The OIC convened an open-ended Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at its headquarter in Jeddah on Tuesday, 31 January 2023, to express the organization’s common stance against the recent desecration of The Holy Qur’an in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark as well as to discuss on possible actions that could be taken by the OIC against the perpetrators of the despicable Islamophobic attacks.
During the meeting, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha reiterated his dismay on the provocative acts done by far-right activists, emphasizing that such actions are criminal acts perpetrated with the main intention to target Muslims, to insult their sacred religion, values, and symbols. He said that the relevant governments must take severe counter-measures, especially because such provocation have been committed repeatedly by far-right extremists in their countries.
The OIC Secretary-General stated that the intentional act of desecrating the Holy Qur’an and insulting Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) must not be seen as just an ordinary incident of Islamophobia. He said, such act is a direct insult to the entire 1.6 billion Muslim population. Mr. Brahim Taha hence called all stakeholders to take firm action, so that the similar provocation will not reoccur in the future.
