UPN, Alm.del - 2009-10

In the Name of GodRef: 10-278 FMThe Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran presents its compliments to the RoyalDanish Parliament, and informs the latter that after the recent abhorrent attempts byelements in the USA to desecrate the Holy Quran, the Supreme leader of the IslamicRepublic of Iran has issued a message on this, the latest aet of blasphemy againstIslam, its sanctities, and what are held sacred by its one and half billion followers in theworld.The Embassy has the pleasure to enclose, as attached, a copy of this message for thekind attention of the Rt. Honourable members of the Folketinget.

The message ofthe Supreme Leader ofthe Islamic Republic of Iran followingthe revolting incident of desecration ofthe Holy Quran in AmericaIn the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful"It is we who sent down the Koran, and we watch over it," says God theMighty, the Wise [Holy Quran, 15:9]Great Iranian nation, great Islamic Ummah!The insane, revolting insult to the Holy Quran in America, an incident occurringunder the security provided by the US police, is a major tragic event that cannotbe considered merely as a foolish aet of a few worthless mercenaries. This is apre-planned aet by those who since years ago have put Islamophobic and anti-Musiim policies on their agenda and have tried to combat Islam and the Quran innumerous ways resorting to a myriad of propaganda means and campaigns. Thisis another link in a chain of shameless measures launched with the blasphemy ofSalman Rushdie, the apostate, followed by the insult of the Danish caricaturist,tens of anti-lslamic movies produced in Hollywood and now crowned by thisdisgusting show. Who and what is behind such evil acts?Looking into this trend of evil, as manifested in recent years in atrociousoperations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Pakistan, leaves no doubtthat it is designed and masterminded by heads of world imperialism and Zionistthink tanks which have the highest degree of influence in the government, themilitary and security agencies of the United States as well as Britain and someother European countries. These are those at whom the finger of suspicion ofindependent truth-finding groups and individuals is pointed in the case of theattack on the Twin Towers on September the U t h . The then president of the US,a criminal, was provided with the pretext to invade Iraq and Afghanistan; hedeclared a crusade and, reportedly, has said yesterday that with the churchentering the stage the Crusade has truly begun. What is aimed at through therecent repulsive incident is, on the one hånd, to take the confrontation with Islamand Muslims to the populace in the Christian community, to give it a religious

coloring and entrenching it with religious zeal and sentiment by involving thechurch and, on the other, to divert the attention of the Muslim nations, enragedand hurt by this hideous effrontery, away from the issues and developments inthe Muslim world and the Middle East.This vengeful aet is not the beginning of a trend but another stage in the longhistory of antagonizing Islam headed by Zionism and the US government. Now allthe heads of world hegemony and impiety are ranked against Islam. Islam is thereligion of human liberation and spirituality, and the Quran is the book ofcompassion, wisdom and justice. (t is incumbent upon all free-spirited people ofthe world and all the followers of the Abrahamic religions to side with theMuslims in countering these heinous anti-lslamic policies and acts. Empty,deceitful words cannot exonerate the heads of the American government fromthe charge of involvement in this ugly phenomenon. For years those things heldsacred by millions of oppressed Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Iraq, inLebanon and Palestine have been desecrated, all their rights and their dignitytrampled on. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, tens of thousands of menand women captured and tortured, thousands of children and women kidnapped,and millions injured and made homeless - all victimized for what? And with thesewrongs, why do the Western media represent Muslims as violence incarnate, andIslam and the Quran as a menace to humanity? How can one believe that this vastconspiracy could be made possible without the support and involvement of theZionist circles in the US government?!Muslim brethren and sisters in Iran and all over the world!It is necessary to draw the attention of all to the following points:First, this incident and similar ones show that what is now being targeted by theglobal hegemony and world Imperialism are the very foundations of dear Islam,and the Holy Quran. The manifest enmity of the arrogant world powers towardsthe Islamic Republic of Iran is because of the manifest resistance of Iran againstthem; the claim of these powers in not being the enemies of other Muslims, andof Islam, is a big lie, a satanic deception. They are the enemies of Islam, whoeverbelieves in it, and whatever signifies it.Second, these spiteful acts against Islam and Muslims stem from the faet thatsince a few decades ago the light of Islam has been shining brighter than ever, itsgrip on the hearts and souls in the Muslim world and even in the West has been