The Chinese foreign ministry has rejected the Islamophobic acts and condemned extremist actions that target religious beliefs and incite clashes between civilizations.
“The so-called ‘freedom of speech’ should not be the excuse for stoking conflicts and antagonism between civilizations,” Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Beijing on Tuesday. She was responding to a query pertaining to the desecration of Quran in Sweden last month.
Ning started off with China’s stance that the country “always” upholds mutual respect, inclusiveness and mutual learning between civilizations. She added that Beijing opposed extremist acts attacking different religious beliefs and inciting civilisation clash and all forms of Islamophobia.
“The Islamic civilization has made important contribution to world civilizations,” she said and stressed that the Muslim faith and religious feelings should be respected.
