June 29 () –
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has summoned this Thursday the Swedish ambassador in Abu Dhabi, Liselotte Anderson, in protest against the burning of a copy of the Koran during a demonstration held the day before in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm .
The Emirati diplomatic authorities have conveyed to Anderson their disagreement with the Swedish government’s decision to allow “extremists” to demonstrate in Stockholm to burn a copy of the Koran, and to recriminate the “evasion of international responsibility and lack of respect for social values”. .
“The Ministry has also expressed the refusal of the United Arab Emirates to use freedom of expression as a marketing tool for such atrocious acts,” the Emirati diplomacy said, according to the WAM news agency.
Finally, the representatives of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs have stressed “the importance of respecting religious symbols and sanctities”, as well as “avoiding incitement and polarization, at a time when the world needs to work together” in favor of of “tolerance and peaceful coexistence”.
The controversy has been unleashed after the Swedish Police authorized a demonstration on Wednesday in which one of its attendees burned a copy of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, precisely on a day when the Muslim community celebrated the Eid al-Adha.
