OIC: Morocco reaffirms support to Palestinian cause, decries Quran’s burning & calls for religious tolerance
Morocco has reiterated its steadfast support to the Palestinian cause, condemned the provocative & offensive burning of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark, and called for the promotion of religious tolerance and coexistence.
The Moroccan standing was voiced by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in a speech read out on his behalf by Fouad Akhrif, Director of Mideast Affairs at the Foreign Ministry during the emergency virtual ministerial meeting held Monday by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Morocco supports the peace process aimed at achieving a just, lasting, and comprehensive solution enabling the brotherly Palestinian people to establish their independent, viable, and sovereign state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the two-state solution, said Bourita.
He also said Rabat rejects and condemns all provocative acts and unilateral measures and practices targeting the occupied Palestinian territories, Al Quds Acharif and the Al Aqsa Mosque.
The Palestinian question and Al Quds Acharif have been and will remain the cause of all Moroccans under the leadership of the King, Chairman of Al Quds Committee, underlined the top diplomat.
Regarding the latest disrespectful and offensive acts of burning copies of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark, the minister said his country condemns strongly these provocative acts and calls for the promotion of the culture of peace and the values of coexistence and dialogue.
Morocco has denounced these heinous acts against Islamic religion and called on Denmark authorities to take action against these unacceptable and irresponsible actions fueling hatred and islamophobia, said the minister.
He recalled in this regard the Kingdom’s decision to summon the Chargé d’Affaires of Sweden in Rabat and to recall Morocco’s ambassador to Stockholm “for indefinite consultations” after the Swedish government once again authorized a demonstration during which the Quran was burned in front of a mosque in Stockholm.
Morocco made the diplomatic moves to protest against these offensive acts that hurt the feelings of more than a billion Muslims, said the minister calling for coordinated global actions to combat religious intolerance.
He also recalled the resolution proposed by Morocco and adopted by the UN General Assembly against hate speech following Quran’s burnings in Sweden and Denmark.
This resolution, approved by the 193 UN members, calls for the promotion of moderation, interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance. It urges all UN members to engage with all relevant stakeholders to respect diversity, support peaceful coexistence, and reject the spread of hate speech which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, and violence.
At the end of its virtual meeting, the OIC emergency gathering expressed concern over the growing intolerance, discrimination and acts of violence in the world.
The OIC members also voiced deep concern over the resurgence of racist movements and far-right extremism in multiple regions of the world through repeated by supporters of the far-right insulting Islamic religious symbols and sanctities, including the desecration of the Holy Quran.
