Iran demands harshest punishment after Quran desecration
Jul 23, 2023
Tehran [Iran], July 23: Iran's head of state Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for the extradition of the person responsible for the renewed desecration of a Quran in Sweden on Thursday.
"Muslim scholars agree that the perpetrator of this crime must receive the harshest punishment," said a statement published by the office of the religious leader.
Sweden is drawing the hatred of the Muslim world, he continued.
The leader did not specify what he considered to be the "harshest punishment."
On Thursday, for the second time in a few weeks, a Quran was desecrated by an Iraqi national in an anti-Islam stunt in the Swedish capital. A burning at the end of June had already caused outrage in the Muslim world.
Source: Qatar Tribune
