The activist Ahmad Alush suspends the burning of the Torah in Sweden to demand “limits to freedom of expression”

Alush indicates that the Koran prohibits this act in reference to the recent burning of the Muslim holy book in Stockholm

July 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Muslim activist Ahmad Alush has suspended the burning of the holy book of Judaism, the Torah, which he planned to carry out in Stockholm with police permission to demonstrate the validity, in his opinion, of the “limits of freedom of expression” after the Koran was burned during a recent event in the Swedish capital.

“Burning (holy books) is against the Koran, that’s why I’m not going to set fire to anything. Nobody should do it,” Alush, 32, of Syrian origin, told the media that covered her protest, including the ‘ Times of Israel’. “I just want to show that freedom of expression has limits that must be taken into account,” he added.

Alush made these statements at the entrance of the Israeli Embassy in Sweden, where he went only with a copy of the Koran in hand. He had also announced that he intended to burn a Bible.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his rejection on behalf of his country of the initial announcement which he described as a manifestation of “pure hate”.

“I unequivocally condemn the permission given in Sweden to burn holy books,” he declared before stressing that he also condemns the recent burning of a copy of the Koran, “sacred to Muslims around the world.”

The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution on Wednesday condemning the desecration of the Koran and other acts of religious hatred, despite the fact that several countries had warned that the text could undermine freedom of expression, after an urgent debate demanded by Pakistan following the burning of the Koran in front of a Stockholm mosque.

The burning, authorized by the Swedish Police, unleashed a wave of protests in the Muslim world against the country’s authorities.