LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Islami and worldwide Islamic movements jointly marked “condemnation day” on Friday in Pakistan and other countries besides Bangladesh, Malaysia, Lebanon, South Africa, Turkey against the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Islamophobia. JI Emir Sirajul Haq delivered a speech at Mansoorah and also addressed a public gathering in Jhang. He said an organized campaign had been started against Islam and its followers in Western countries after 9/11. The most unfortunate aspect of the Sweden incident, he said, was that the Sweden authorities allowed a person to burn the Quran under their protection. The JI chief also condemned the Israeli forces’ brutal action and terrorism against Palestinian Muslims and expressed solidarity with the Palestine freedom movement.
