“While the High Representative stresses the importance of upholding the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, he also emphasises that the act of Quran-burning, amounts to an expression of hatred towards Muslims. It is disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Islam and should not be conflated with freedom of expression.”
In other words, the High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Angel Moratinos, does not really believe in the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right at all. He believes that when someone threatens to kill you over your expression, you should adopt a respectful silence. In other words, he wants Sweden and the rest of the West to submit to Sharia blasphemy restrictions.
These condemnations are all raining down because of jihad violence. That’s the only reason. If someone burned a Bible, would the act make any headlines at all? No. Would any ambassadors be summoned? No. Would the High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations start huffing and puffing about how the burning of the Bible was “disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Christianity”? No. What’s the difference? If you burn a Bible, Christians won’t kill you. If you burn a Qur’an, some Muslims will want very much to kill you. If you give in to them and curtail your activities accordingly, you’ll end up encouraging more such violent intimidation. Once the jihadis see that the West will give them what they want if they threaten violence, they’ll threaten ever more violence. That’s why Miguel Angel Moratinos is a fool who deserves the condemnation of all free people.
“UN body condemns Quran burning in Sweden,” Al Jazeera, January 23, 2023:
The high representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book by a Swedish-Danish far-right politician as a “vile act”.
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden under the protection of local police on Friday.
“While the High Representative stresses the importance of upholding the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, he also emphasises that the act of Quran-burning, amounts to an expression of hatred towards Muslims,” a spokesperson for Miguel Angel Moratinos said in a statement released on Sunday.
“It is disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Islam and should not be conflated with freedom of expression,” the statement added.
Moratinos, who heads a UN agency that describes itself as “devoted to promoting understanding across diverse communities”, said he was concerned about the rise in “discrimination, intolerance and violence … directed against members of many religious and other communities in various parts of the world”.
He called for the building of “mutual respect” and promotion of “inclusive and peaceful societies rooted in human rights and dignity for all”.
‘Racist action’
Shortly after Paludan burned a copy of the Quran, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, condemned Swedish authorities for failing to ban the protest.“It’s a racist action. It’s not about freedom of expression,” he said.
Arab countries – including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait – have also denounced the stunt as well as other Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Somalia.
“Allowing this hateful act that insults Islamic sanctities and values is completely unacceptable,” Somalia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. “It is nothing but a demagogic practice that promotes hatred and racism and serves the agendas of extremism and terrorism.”
In a post on Twitter, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that while freedom of expression was a fundamental part of democracy, “what is legal is not necessarily appropriate.”
“Burning books that are holy to many is a deeply disrespectful act,” he said.
A group of protesters gathered outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara over the weekend to decry the Quran burning. In Bangladesh, people also demonstrated against the incident….
Barbara says
I did not realize the UN was started to interfere with a country’s internal conduct.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely! Time for countries to start filing out of that organization
ntesdorf says
Qur’an reading would be much more damaging to Islam than Qur’an burning.
Michael Copeland says
Memo to the UN concerning the Koran:
The Koran is “an expression of hatred” towards all non-Muslims.
It COMMANDS “discrimination, intolerance and violence” towards them.
It “promotes hatred and racism and serves the agendas of extremism and terrorism.”
Read Chapter 9.
Michael Copeland says
Second Memo:
Sura, or chapter, nine of the Koran is the final word.
As the latest “revelation” chronologically it overrides and “abrogates” all the verses elsewhere that do not agree with it.
It is not about peace.
James Lincoln says
I think that the UN already knows this, Michael.
Walter Sieruk says
Maybe all Western civilizations should condemn the idiot action of burning the Qu ‘ran , but not necessarily make it illegal.
What nations should condemn , at all, are the scholars who read and studly the Qu ‘ran and discover all the many contradiction and error that this “holy book” of Islam contains and the publish their finding in pubic information sources for all the people of the different countries of the world to see.
in other words, a much more intelligent way to handle the subject the Qu ran than to burn it is to read , study and research the Qu ‘ran to reveal and expose the many errors and contradictions that it contains.
Therefore it had been revealed on pages 145 through 157 in THE ISLAMIC INVASION by Robert Morey in which he wrote a section on the Qu‘ran with its self-contradictions. Just two of the many he cited are the following “The Qu’ran differs on whether a day is a thousand years or fifty thousand years in God’s sight’ and “Who was first to believe? Abraham or Moses [Sura 6:14 versus 7:143]? The above is inconsistent and illogical. Further, Morey wrote about “The fact that Judaism and Christianity broke up into different sects was used in the Qu ‘ran to prove that they are not of God [Suras 30:20-32. 42:13, 14]. Yet Islam has broken up into many warring sects and therefore cannot be true if the Qu ‘ran is right.”
Moreover, Morey in his book shows many more contradictions and absurdities in the Qu ‘ran, there are and how Muhammad incorporated extra Biblical and Jewish folklore along with pre-Islamic Arabian myth and parts of Zoroastrian and Hindu stories into the Qu ‘ran.
Furthermore, the Muslims claim that “the Qu ‘ran is the direct, literal word of God unmodified in any way by the Prophet who uttered them at the bidding of God.” In addition , in the book UNVEILING ISLAM by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Eethi Caner has shown that the Quran was modified in the following account on pages 45. “Muhammad felt the need to improve on the words of Allah, since he changed Allah’s wisdom for his own on several occasions. A hadith tells of the nonchalant emendations of Muhammad:’ On a number of occasions he [a scribe] had, with the Prophet’s consent changed the closing words of verses.
For example, when the prophet had said ‘God is mighty and wise ‘ Adbollah b. Abi Sarh suggested writing down ‘Knowing and wise’ and the Prophet answered that there was no objection. Having observed a succession of changes of this type, Adbollah renounced Islam on the grounds that revelations, if from God could not be changed at the prompting of a scribe such as himself. After his apostasy he went to Mecca and joined the Qorayshites.’ Other writers reveal that later Muhammad and his people did go war with the Qorayshites and he personally killed Abdollah. Obviously Abdollah knew too much and Muhammad wanted Abdollah’s knowledge to die with him.”
In conclusion, the Qu ‘ran is not only a fiction, it’s also a hoax.
gravenimage says
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations condemns Qur’an burning in Sweden
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They want to impose Shari’ah law. You would never get attention from the UN for burning a Bible–nor would any Christian expect it.
Michael Copeland says
Why is an “Alliance of Civilisations” defending an organisation that authorises slavery?
Scotsman48 says
Im waiting for this UN Body to condemn the massive slaughter of Christians in Nigeria by the religion of Piss, or is that freedom of religion to do exactly what their ”holy” Book tells them to do.
muslims sure are shallow in their beliefs if such an act makes them want to shit their wee knickers.
Even that wee Popey fella in the Vatican says nothing about his flock being slaughtered in the name of allah so I don’t expect to hear from anybody in the UN.
What a clown World we live in today while muslims around the entire World laugh in the faces of Westerners as they see us as being weak, and I cant blame them for that as I see no Western leader stand up and call this belief system as a Fascist Religious Cult which it most obvious is… islamism is the new Nazism.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
United Nations Alliance of Barbarians should condemn the Quran burning, not the alliance of civilizations!
OLD GUY says
You would think the UN would be concerned and vary vocal about the BURNING of CHURCHES, The MURDER of ministers and priest, The RAPE and VIOLENCE against WOMEN. the destruction of villages and infrastructure, But NO they are concerned about the burning of PAPER. You can reprint a book you can not a HUMAN being that has been murderd by ISLAM!