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142726
Sun, 09/19/2010 - 18:24
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Iran expresses concern over Kashmir crackdown
TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has expressed concern over the crackdown in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which a number of Muslims have been killed.
Cracking down on the protests will only increase Muslims’ anger, Mehmanparast said on Saturday.
Thousands of people staged massive demonstrations in several districts of Kashmir on Thursday to voice their anger over the desecration of the Quran in the United States.
Fourteen Kashmiri Muslims and an Indian police officer were killed during the protests.
Terry Jones, the pastor of the Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center church, had intended to set the Quran on fire on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States but cancelled his plan due to international pressure and criticism.
However, a copy of the Quran was burned by a U.S. citizen on September 12.
Since then, millions of Muslims have taken to the streets across the world to denounce the desecration of the Quran.
Cracking down on the protests will only increase Muslims’ anger, Mehmanparast said on Saturday.
Thousands of people staged massive demonstrations in several districts of Kashmir on Thursday to voice their anger over the desecration of the Quran in the United States.
Fourteen Kashmiri Muslims and an Indian police officer were killed during the protests.
Terry Jones, the pastor of the Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center church, had intended to set the Quran on fire on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States but cancelled his plan due to international pressure and criticism.
However, a copy of the Quran was burned by a U.S. citizen on September 12.
Since then, millions of Muslims have taken to the streets across the world to denounce the desecration of the Quran.
