Israeli President condemns Sweden’s decision to allow Torah scroll burning
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Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog condemned the decision of the Swedish authorities to allow the burning of a Torah scroll near the country’s embassy in Stockholm. About this head of state wrote on your Twitter account.
“I unequivocally condemn the Swedish permission to burn sacred books. As President of Israel, I have condemned the burning of the Quran, sacred to Muslims throughout the world, and I am now heartbroken that the same fate awaits the Hebrew Bible, the eternal book of the Jewish people,” the Duke said in a statement.
According to the head of state, permission to damage sacred texts is “not a manifestation of freedom of speech, it is a blatant incitement and an act of pure hatred.” He also called on the world community to condemn “this heinous act.”
On the permission of the Swedish authorities to hold an action with the burning of the Torah informed formerly The Jerusalem Post. According to the newspaper, the action should take place on July 15. An Israeli newspaper also published a statement from the Jewish community in Sweden. “The Torah is our most sacred treasure of moral codes and ethics that have changed the world we live in,” the text says.
On June 28, the day of the celebration of Eid al-Adha, an immigrant from Iraq, Salvan Momika, held an action with the burning of the Koran on Medborjarplatsen Square in the center of Stockholm. This action was coordinated with the police. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson considered the permission for this action legal but inappropriate. According to Reuters, the Swedish police rejected several applications for demonstrations against the Koran, but the courts overturned these decisions, citing a violation of freedom of speech.
After that, the Swedish Foreign Ministry reported that the organizer of the action with the burning of the Koran has a temporary residence permit in Sweden. He is currently under investigation on charges of inciting religious hatred. On July 29, protests were held in Baghdad (the capital of Iraq) over the burning of the Koran in Sweden. The demonstrators broke into the territory of the Swedish embassy. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry demanded that the Swedish authorities extradite the organizer of the rally.
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