Erdoğan: We teach insolent Westerners that insulting Muslims is not freedom of thought.
The President of Turkey condemned the recent insult to the Holy Quran in Sweden and severely criticized the government of this country for allowing such actions.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday (June 29) strongly criticized Sweden for allowing the desecration of the Holy Quran.
According to the AFP news agency, Erdoğan said in a televised statement: “Finally, we will teach the insolent Westerners that insulting Muslims is not freedom of thought.” He added that he condemns this action in the strongest possible way.
According to “Anatolia” news agency of Turkey, the president of this country also said that Ankara will not bow down in the face of provocative actions and threats and added: Until a determined fight against terrorist organizations and enemies of Islam is not carried out, Turkey will show its reaction in the strongest way. gave
On Wednesday (June 28), Salvan Monika, 37, under Swedish police protection, set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of the main mosque in Stockholm. Earlier, a similar action in front of the Turkish embassy in Sweden in January sparked weeks of Muslim protests, a boycott of Swedish goods, and Turkey’s continued opposition to Sweden’s NATO membership.
The recent insulting action in Sweden has caused the reaction of Muslim countries. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemned the insult to the Holy Quran in Sweden on Thursday morning and said: The government and nation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, like other Muslims and free thinkers of the world, do not tolerate such an insult and strongly condemn it.
