AMMAN — On Saturday, a man in Stockholm, Sweden, who had
initially been granted permission by the Swedish police to demonstrate outside
the Israeli embassy with the intention of
burning the Torah and the Bible, said
he never intended to burn any holy books. Instead, he used the opportunity to
draw attention to the limits of freedom of speech.
اضافة اعلان
Freedom of speech should have its limits
Alloush firmly stated that he could never burn a holy book,
emphasizing that freedom of expression should have its limits, and
burning the Quran should not be considered an acceptable form of speech, Al Jazeera
reported.
The protest was triggered by a recent incident where an
Iraqi Christian man seeking refuge in
Sweden tore pages from the Quran and set
them on fire in front of Stockholm's largest mosque during Eid al-Adha. This
action outraged Muslims worldwide, and several world leaders called on Sweden
to condemn such acts.
In response to the controversy, on July 5, hundreds of
Jordanians gathered outside the Embassy of Sweden in Abdoun to express their
strong opposition to the Swedish government's decision to permit the
burning of the Quran. The demonstration was organized by the Islamic Movement.
Furthermore, the UN's human rights body approved a measure
aimed at urging countries to take more significant actions to prevent religious
hatred in the aftermath of the Quran-burning incidents. Despite concerns from
Western countries that these measures might restrict freedom of expression, a
majority of the board voted in favor of the measure, Associated Press reported.
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