Yemen bans products from European countries that desecrated Holy Quran
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Yemen responds to the desecration of the Holy Quran with economic sanctions on participating European countries.
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People set on fire a photograph of far-right activist Rasmus Paludan during a protest outside the Swedish consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP)
Yemen has banned the import of goods produced in European countries that have enabled the desecration of the Holy Quran, as part of what the leader of the Ansar Allah resistance movement referred to as "economic sanctions."
Yemen's Supreme Political Council, led by Mahdi al-Mashat, condemned the repeated abuses against the Holy Quran, the most recent of which was the burning of the Holy Quran in Denmark, according to the Yemeni Saba news agency.
The council “directed the National Salvation Government to prevent the entry of products from countries that allowed the offense to the Holy Quran, and to prepare an implementation mechanism.”
Earlier on Friday, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Al-Houthi, the leader of the Yemeni Ansar Allah resistance movement, strongly condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in Europe and emphasized the importance of Muslims standing up to the war on Islam.
He emphasized that “our religious attachment requires us to be angry and express our fury when they start a war with our religion."
In response to the West's materialistic nature, Al-Houthi suggested that the collective Muslim nation use economic sanctions to confront them.
“We, as Muslims, should sanction all countries that have allowed the burning of the Holy Quran and have legally supported it, because sanctions are enough to deter the enemies and force them to stop insulting Islam,” Al-Houthi said.
Several European countries have allowed such heinous acts to take place on their soil in recent months. The desecration of the Quran drew widespread condemnation from Muslim countries around the world.
Patrioterne Gar Live, a Danish far-right group, gathered outside Turkey's embassy in Copenhagen last week, displayed anti-Muslim placards, and burned a copy of the Quran alongside the Turkish national flag while broadcasting it live on their Facebook page.
Turkey, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Morocco, and Pakistan have condemned the act aimed at hurting the sentiments of billions of Muslims across the world.
