Religion

Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has once again condemned the recurring acts of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. He stated that the perpetrator is a Mossad agent who has offended two billion Muslims across the world.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the Swedish and Danish governments to take measures at an “official level” to prevent the recurrence of the desecration of the Holy Quran.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has stated that Copenhagen will look for a legal mechanism to stop the public burning of the Quran, which has caused protests and fury across the Muslim world.

Thousands of Iranian Women gathered in Tehran to condemn in the strongest terms the burning of the Holy Quran in the European countries of Sweden and Denmark.

The Swedish migration agency has announced it is re-examining the residency permit of an Iraqi refugee who is behind several Quran desecrations in Stockholm in recent weeks, which have upset Muslims across the world.

In Iran, millions of people are mourning Imam Hossein (PBUH), Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, who was martyred 1,343 years ago today.

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the presence of an Israeli cabinet minister in the al-Aqsa Mosque is another step in insulting Islamic sanctities and hurting the feelings of Muslims worldwide.

People got together in the Grand Bazaar of Tehran in large mourning processions to observe the day of Tasou’a and mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam.

Millions of Iranians across Iran are holding religious rituals to mark Tasu’a, the ninth day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar and the eve of the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hossein (PBUH).

On the eve of Tasu’a, the ninth day of the holy month of Muharram, a mourning ceremony was held at the Imam Khomeini Hosseiniyeh, with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in attendance.

Hundreds of thousands of people have held a huge mourning ceremony in the Iranian city of Zanjan in commemoration of the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala. Iranians in their thousands have come to Zanjan from across the country to participate in the traditional ceremony.

Representatives of student mourning groups hold a rally outside the Swedish embassy in Tehran to condemn the desecration of the Holy Quran in the European country.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a virtual emergency meeting to discuss the recent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European countries.

At least 70 Iranian pilgrims have been hospitalized after a fire engulfed Qasr al-Shafa’a Hotel in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.

Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate and Archbishop of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran, has strongly condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark. 

Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the desecration of the Holy Quran in Europe. However, it did not specify the exact time and venue of the OIC’s emergency meeting.

The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has welcomed a proposal by the top Iranian diplomat to hold an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation over the recent desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark.

It’s Muharram, that month of the year on the Islamic lunar calendar when Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam, and his companions in 680.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that mere condemnation of sacrilege of the Holy Quran by the Swedish government is not enough, and that Stockholm should bring the perpetrators of the heinous act to justice.

Following the desecration of the Holy Quran in Copenhagen, Danish Ambassador to Tehran Jasper Vahr was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday.

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that those who insult the Holy Quran will have no security.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the highest punishment for the individual behind the sacrilege of the holy Quran in Sweden.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called for an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the fresh desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.

The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, has warned against the continuation of defiling Islamic sanctities.

Iran marks the start of the month of Muharram during which Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of anniversary of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali.