OIC to convene urgent session to discuss Holy Quran's repeated desecration
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The meeting is being convened in wake of OIC Executive Committee's statement on July 2
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary virtual session for the Council of Foreign Ministers of Member States (CFM) on July 31 to discuss the repeated incidents of desecration the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark.
This session has been convened at the request of the Saudi Arabia, the Chair of the 14th Islamic Summit, and Iraq.
This urgent meeting of ministers has been called in response to the final statement issued by the OIC Executive Committee after an extraordinary meeting held at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah on July 2, this year.
The statement addressed the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran in Sweden and called for high-level emergency meetings as needed.
The meeting is being held considering the OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha’s consultations with the member states regarding the implementation of the final statement issued by the Executive Committee.
Further measures are also being considered in response to the repeated provocative actions that represent deliberate religious hatred and intolerance.
