Pakistan strongly condemned Israel’s raid on the Al Aqsa Mosque on the third day of Ramadan, which drove worshippers away and violated the mosque’s sanctity as one of the most important locations for Muslims.
In a second statement, the Foreign Ministry condemned another egregious breach of the Holy Quran in Denmark.
In a statement, the FO voiced worry about such heinous attacks on the Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation soldiers during Ramadan.
On Thursday, the first day of Ramadan, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank.
The acts not only violate the fundamental right to freedom of religion or belief of the Palestinian people but also offend the religious sentiments of over 1.5 billion Muslims around the world.
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The FO Statement Said:
“The indiscriminate use of force by Israeli occupation forces against defenseless Palestinians defies all humanitarian and human rights norms and laws. By carrying out such illegal raids, Israel has backed out on its own recent commitment to respect the sanctity of Ramazan.”
FO stated:
“Pakistan calls upon the international community to take urgent action to put an end to the Israeli transgressions that have been particularly ascendant since the beginning of this year.”
“We reaffirm our un-stinted support for the Palestinian people and the Palestinian cause, and renew our call for a viable, independent, and contiguous Palestinian State, with pre-1967 borders, and Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital being the only just, comprehensive, and lasting solution of the Palestinian question, in accordance with the relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions.”
The Foreign Office (FO) referred to another incident
The Foreign Office (FO) referred to another incident of desecration of the Holy Quran in Denmark and noted that the recurrence of such wilful and vile acts is a troubling manifestation of growing hatred, racism, and phobia against Muslims and their faith.
The incident occurred on March 24 when far-right activist Rasmus Paludan, who had previously staged a Quran-burning protest in Sweden on January 21, repeated the act in front of a mosque and Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen, vowing to continue every Friday until Sweden is admitted into NATO.
The FO stated that the repeated occurrence of such premeditated acts calls into question the efficacy of the legal framework behind which Islamophobes hide and incite hatred.
FO Said:
“The exercise of the right to freedom of expression cannot be used as a smokescreen to deliberately denigrate the Holy Scriptures or personalities of any religion.”
“We call on all States to develop legal deterrence with a view to preventing and prosecuting such acts, in line with the responsibilities and duties enshrined in international human rights law. We also call upon the international human rights machinery to speak out against such intentional actions that constitute incitement to hate, discrimination and violence against Muslims solely because of their faith.”
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