The UN adopted a resolution condemning the burning of the Koran and other holy books

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning the burning of the Koran and other sacred books.

“The Council condemns and strongly rejects the recent public and deliberate acts of desecration of the Holy Quran and emphasizes the need to hold these perpetrators of religious hatred to account in accordance with the laws of states arising from international human rights,” the document says. speaks.

This resolution was opposed by 12 countries - USA, Great Britain, Belgium, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Romania. 28 countries, including Uzbekistan, voted for this UN resolution.

The United Nations is calling on states to review their law enforcement systems by identifying loopholes in their laws that could prevent them from being held accountable for acts that incite religious hatred and violence.

On June 28, an Iraqi burned a Koran in Stockholm. Baghdad condemned the burning of the Koran, warning of "negative" consequences, and stressed that the action had "nothing to do with freedom of speech." Turkey called the incident an "anti-Islamic act" and Morocco decided to recall its ambassador from the country.

source: daryo.uz