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 \u201cvile act\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the horrible act outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden under the protection of local police on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the High Representative stresses the importance of upholding the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, he also emphasizes that the act of Quran-burning, amounts to an expression of hatred towards Muslims,\u201d a spokesperson for Miguel Angel Moratinos said in a statement released on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Islam and should not be conflated with freedom of expression,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 \u201cvile act\u201d. Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the horrible act outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden under the protection of local …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":89909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[1905,69],"class_list":["post-89908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","tag-quran-burning","tag-sweden"],"yoast_head":"\n