RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor has saluted the bravery of the man who saved the Holy Quran from being burnt.
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In his tweet, Major Asif Ghafoor posted that he praised the bravery of Ilyas who jumped off the fence and saved the Holy Quran from burning.
Salute to brave #Ilyas for displaying courage to stop an absolutely deplorable action. Such Islamophobia based provocations only promote hatred & extremism. All religions are and must stay respectable. Islamophbia is threat to global peace and harmony.#TheGloriousQuran#Norway pic.twitter.com/CRahq5mazf
— Asif Ghafoor (@peaceforchange) November 22, 2019
Asif Ghafoor wrote, “Salute to brave Ilyas for displaying the courage to stop an absolutely deplorable action. Such Islamophobia based provocations only promote hatred & extremism.”
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He added, ” All religions are and must stay respectable. Islamophobia is a threat to global peace and harmony.”
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In a video on social media, a man named Ilyas jumped off the fence and struck the protestor who was trying to burn the Quran in the anti-Islam rally in Norway.
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Ilyas has become a top trend at twitter for showing such bravery in an anti-Islam protest.
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The anti-Islam protest also raises an alarm over the rise of Islamophobia in Europe and around the world.
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