Repeated desecrations of Quran to be discussed at UN council on October 6, says rights chief

UN rights chief Volker Turk on Monday said the recent attacks against the Quran, the Muslim holy book, will be discussed in the UN Human Rights Council on October 6, Report informs via Anadolu.

Turk made these comments at the 54th Human Rights Council's opening session in Geneva, which began with a moment of silence to express solidarity with Morocco after the devastating earthquake.

Instead of unity of purpose and clear, cooperative leadership, Turk said the world is witnessing "politics of division and distraction," such as the creation of fabricated debates over gender, migration, or imagining a "clash" of civilizations.

"The repugnant series of some 30 incidents of burning the Quran recently is the latest manifestation of this urge to polarize and fragment – to create divisions, within societies, and between countries," he said, adding that the situation will be discussed in depth on October 6 in line with resolution 53/1.