“We expect Swedish authorities as well as all countries with cases of racism and Islamophobia to take all measures to fight against this disease both in the framework of European institutions and at the national level.”
That means that the Turkish Foreign Ministry expects Sweden and other Western countries to give up the “freedom of press, art, and expression,” and to adopt Sharia blasphemy restrictions on criticism and mockery of Islam. Many Western authorities have voluntarily adopted these restrictions already, with those who are standing for the freedom of speech vilified as “far-right” and “racist.” So it is understandable that the Turks would be pressing on toward final victory.
“Turkey condemns ‘disrespect’ against Quran in Sweden,” by Sena Guler, Anadolu Agency, September 10, 2020:
ANKARA Turkey denounced an Islamophobic attack in Sweden on Thursday in which protesters burned a copy of the holy Quran, characterizing it as a “disrespect”.
“We condemn the disrespect by a group of racist barbarians by burning our holy book, the Quran, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It a positive step that Sweden did not allow those applying for a protest permit to attain one, the ministry said, but it stressed that Turkey regrets the provocative actions of members of a Danish racist party could not be prevented, even though their aims were well-known.
“And these sick people continue to benefit from it,” it said….
“Unfortunately, it is seen that disrespect for Islam has become widespread and cannot be prevented in Scandinavian countries in recent years under the guise of freedom of press, art, and expression,” the ministry said….
“We expect Swedish authorities as well as all countries with cases of racism and Islamophobia to take all measures to fight against this disease both in the framework of European institutions and at the national level,” it urged.
Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, also weighed in on Twitter. “I strongly condemn the unrelenting and provocative attack on our almighty book of the holy Quran by anti-Islamist racist groups in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden,” he said.
Erbas said it is concerning that groups continue attacks against Muslims in different European cities.
“I expect the activities of these sick-minded structures that threaten all humanity to be ended as soon as possible, and I invite the international community to a conscious fight against these structures,” he said.