Hundreds of Muslims on Friday rallied in Pakistan’s Southern city of Multan to denounce the desecration of Islam’s holy book by a far-right activist in the Netherlands before dispersing peacefully.Jamaat Islami activists staged a protest in Multan in front of Jamia -ul-Aloeem to express anger at the desecration of the Holy Quran in the Swedish capital over the weekend.On Sunday he tore pages out of a copy of the Quran near the Dutch parliament and stomped on them
Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan on Saturday desecrated the Holy Quran in front of Turkey’s embassy in Stockholm. Traders and civil society activists also organised protest rallies in the ancient city of Multan. They chanted slogans against Edwin Wagensveld, Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement in the Netherlands. .
About a dozen Muslims also held a similar rally in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, to condemn Saturday’s burning of the Quran in Sweden.
The rallies came days after Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned what it called “the abhorrent act of desecration” of the Quran in Sweden, saying such acts hurt the feelings of Muslims across the world.
staged a protest in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday to express anger at the desecration of the Holy Quran in the Swedish capital over the weekend.
