President condemns Quran desecration in Sweden.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi has strongly condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden which, he said, has insulted the holy scripture of Islam and hurt the feelings of 1.5 billion Muslims across the world under the guise of freedom of expression. He termed the act as senseless, provocative and Islamophobic.

In a statement issued here yesterday, the President said that this immoral incident was against the internationally accepted norms and principles of legitimate expression of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, which obliged everyone not to resort to hate speech and incite people to violence. He said that Islam preached respect and reverence for all religions of the...