Pakistan’s proposal against burning Quran in Sweden, India supported, know the whole matter

New York. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held a vote on Wednesday to condemn the recent incidents of burning of the Muslim holy book Quran. Many countries have refused to support this proposal, these countries linked it to freedom of expression and said that such proposals cannot be supported. Despite the condemnation of the insult to the Muslim holy book, there has been no consensus among the countries on this voting, but a big division has been seen. The countries of Europe and America have said that if hard work was done on this proposal, perhaps a unanimous decision could have been taken.

In fact, this issue was raised by Pakistan and other countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) last month after an Iraqi refugee burnt some pages of a copy of the Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque. The incident sparked a major reaction across the Muslim world. The UN’s top rights body endorsed the OIC resolution on combating religious hatred, with 28 votes in favor, 12 votes against and seven abstentions. are.

Incidents of insulting the Holy Quran have been repeated in some countries
Argentina, China, Cuba, India, South Africa, Ukraine and Vietnam supported the resolution. Chinese Ambassador Chen Xu said, “Islamophobia is on the rise. Incidents of insulting the Holy Quran have happened repeatedly in some countries. These countries have done nothing to enforce their stated respect for the protection of freedom of religious belief. Despite supporting the proposal, Argentina’s ambassador Federico Villegas admitted: “We would have liked to reach a text with more unanimity and clarity. European Union countries including Britain, the United States, France and Germany, as well as Costa Rica and Montenegro voted against the resolution.

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Tags: India, Pakistan, Quran, UNHRC