Russia deeply respects the Qur’an and religious feelings of Muslims, disrespect for this sacred book in the Russian Federation is a crime.
This was stated by Vladimir Putin, emphasizing that this practice is not widespread in all countries.
“This is a shrine for Muslims and for all others is a shrine. We know that in other countries they act differently – they do not respect the religious feelings of people and still say that this is not a crime,” the president said during a visit to the Juma Mosque in Dagestan Derbent.
So the head of state reacted to news from Sweden, where the authorities allowed a public blasphemous action to burn the sacred book.