UN Human Rights Council says it will hold an urgent debate on July 11 in Geneva over the recent desecration of the Muslim holy book in Sweden
This will be the Human Rights Council's 9th urgent debate since its inception in 2006. / Photo: AFP
The UN Human Rights Council has said that it will hold an urgent debate on the recent desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in Sweden. The urgent debate will be held on July 11 in Geneva, the council said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the"alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries," will be discussed.
The urgent debate has been scheduled in response to an official request by Pakistan on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation , including those that are members of the Human Rights Council, according to the statement.
"We count on the Council members to support the holding of this debate and lend support to an outcome that charts a clear path to address acts and advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, that the world confronts today," Hashmi said.
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