Hezbollah on Tuesday denounced the burning of the holy Quran by the US pastor Terry Jones, considering the act as a provocative crime aimed at spreading out the hatred of Islam among the western people.

Hezbollah on Tuesday denounced the burning of the holy Quran by the US pastor Terry Jones, considering the act as a provocative crime aimed at spreading out the hatred of Islam among the western people.

In a statement released by Hezbollah’s Media Relations, the party said: “The burning of the Quran by this man could be considered in the first time a reckless action. However the repetition of the move and the silence by the concerned people in America and the world, along with the coincidence with the burning of Quran in the US base in Afghanistan, indicate that this act has not been single by a person who doesn’t know what he is doing”

“This decried crime reflects the originated spite within this man who is obsessed against the Islam and the holy book”.

As Hezbollah “held the US authorities fully accountable” for the burning of Quran, it called on “Arab and Muslim people to condemn such a crime”.