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OIC to convene meeting over desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden

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In response to the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced it will hold a meeting in Jeddah, during which it will deem the perpetrators of this incident as “terrorists”.

Saudi Arabia has also called the burning of the Holy Quran part of frequent and hateful attacks against Islam.

Morocco summoned its ambassador from Sweden and the president of Turkey announced that this action casts a shadow on Sweden joining NATO.

Demonstrations against Sweden have been reportedly held in Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and a number of other Islamic countries. 

Egypt, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Tunisia and Palestine have also condemned the action.

The US Foreign Ministry also called this act ugly and disrespectful to religions.

Meanwhile, protesters in Iraq entered the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and announced their strong objection to the action in the country.

In addition, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Thursday strongly condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and the move by Swedish authorities to grant permission for the act.

“Permission for such despicable acts in front of a mosque on one of the holiest days of Islam shows nothing more than the utter contempt towards this noble religion and its close to two billion adherents by the Swedish authorities,” the IEA’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“We call on all Muslim states and organizations, particularly the OIC, to take all appropriate measures in response to such odious acts across the world,” the statement added.

An Iraqi man filled a copy of the Holy Quran with bacon and burned it in Stockholm on Wednesday after police gave permission for a protest.

The inflammatory incident was carried out by two men outside the city’s main mosque on the first day of the Muslim three-day Eid ul-Adha holiday.

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Afghanistan not invited to SCO summit

Pakistan, the host country for the summit, is expected to welcome leaders from various nations and around 200 delegations this week

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Afghanistan will not participate in the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which will take place in Islamabad on October 15 and 16, as it has not received an invitation from the bloc's secretariat.

Express News reported that the secretariat’s decision underscores Afghanistan's current status within the organization, as it is classified as an observer state rather than a full member.

Diplomatic sources indicate that Afghanistan's membership in the SCO has been inactive since September 2021. The country became an SCO observer on June 7, 2012, but has not engaged actively since its membership was rendered, Express News reported.

Pakistan, the host country for the summit, is expected to welcome leaders from various nations and around 200 delegations.

The SCO remains focused on fostering regional cooperation and security, with significant participation anticipated at the upcoming meeting.

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Key point of discussion at Moscow Format was stopping mass migration from Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s neighboring countries also discussed ways to help the country deal with terrorism

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Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's special representative for Afghanistan, said this weekend that one of the key points of discussion at the 6th Moscow Format meeting held Friday was on how to prevent the flood of migration from Afghanistan.

He said neighboring countries also discussed ways to help Afghanistan deal with terrorism and how to create necessary conditions for the reconstruction of the country, in the form of a regional initiative.

In an interview with IRNA news agency, Qomi said in a conversation with IRNA news agency that ten countries participated at the meeting along with Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. 

Qomi said: "Despite the current developments in the international arena, especially in Palestine and Lebanon, the issue of Afghanistan is still considered one of the important regional priorities."

He also emphasized that using the capacities of neighboring countries and regional cooperation can help the Islamic Emirate and the people of Afghanistan to overcome their problems.

Special representatives and high-ranking officials from China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part.

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Volume of Herat’s exports doubled in first 6 months of this year

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Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment says the volume of exports has doubled in this province over the first six months of 1403 compared to last year.

The chamber officials said that over the first six months of 1403, they had exports worth $77 million and 882 thousand dollars.

During this period, more than 32,000 tons of agricultural, industrial products, medicinal plants and minerals have been sent to the world markets, the officials said.

However, this chamber added that the issue of exporting Herat's fresh fruits is still not resolved.

Gardeners also expect that basic steps must be taken to send fresh fruits to world markets.

“We have many agricultural products, including cotton, saffron, asafetida, grapes, raisins, which fortunately have been marketed a lot this year, said Bashir Ahmad Bahaduri, chair of Herat's Chamber of Agriculture.

“These items are also exported to countries like Türkiye, India, China, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Iran,” he added.

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