Webinar Set to Discuss ‘Islamophobia in Sweden’
With the full title of “Social, Political and Security Roots of Islamophobia in Sweden,” the event is set to be held on Wednesday.
The session will be addressed by three experts including Dr. Seyed Zia Hashemi, Iranian Cultural Attaché in Sweden.
Dr. Gholamreza Karimi, head of Kharazmi University’s Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, and Dr. Reza Rahmati, Scandinavian Affairs Specialist are the other two speakers.
The Persian-language event will start at 09:30 AM UTC and will be broadcast live from IQNA’s page on Aparat.
The seminar comes as the Holy Quran has been targeted with multiple acts of desecration in Sweden and Denmark over the past few weeks by far-right and extremist elements.
In a contentious stance, the governments of these countries have defended such acts as expressions of "freedom of speech," eliciting worldwide outrage from the Muslim community. This backlash has led several nations to summon or expel ambassadors from Sweden and Denmark.
While the Nordic nations have deplored the desecration, they have justified their inability to intervene due to constitutional protections of freedom of speech. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has rallied its member states to explore appropriate actions, be they political or economic, against countries where such acts transpire.
Additionally, the OIC has urged global solidarity in opposing these provocative attempts, which have incited widespread condemnation.
