Dutch farright activist trampled on and tore up a copy of the Holy Quran at a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in The Hague infuriating dozens of counterprotesters . The Dutch government had already condemned the holding of the demonstration ahead of the event but said it had no legal powers to prevent it .
Pakistan strongly condemned the deliberate Islamophobic act and called on the international community to raise its voice against Islamophobia and work collectively to promote interfaith harmony . Similar incidents of the desecration have taken place in other European countries recently .
In late July two men set fire to a Quran in front of the Swedish parliament and similar incidents have happened in Denmark this year. Similar incidents have provoked anger and condemnations and sometimes unrest in several Muslim countries. Such demonstrations have provoked outrage in several European countries, such as Denmark and Norway .
Pakistan believes that freedom of expression comes with responsibilities. Such offensive acts cannot be covered under freedom of speech and protest. It is the responsibility of national governments to prevent racist xenophobic and Islamophobic acts, the Foreign Office said.
In March as the U.N. General Assembly passed by the United Nations General Assembly in to mark the International Day to Combat Islamophobia the FO said. That was the resolution was passed in March to mark March to combat Islamophobia in March as an international day to CombatIslamophobia.
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