An Iranian TV channel had reported that the Quran had been desecrated in the US, triggering protests in Kashmir.
New Delhi: The United States on Monday said it was "dismayed" by reports that a school and a church in Kashmir and Punjab had been attacked by rioters. It also condemned reports that a "misguided individual" in the US had desecrated the Quran, terming it "disrespectful, intolerant, divisive, and un-representative of American values".
"The deliberate destruction of any holy book is an abhorrent act," US Ambassador Timothy Roemer said in a statement in New Delhi.
An Iranian TV channel had reported that the Quran had been desecrated in the US, triggering violent protests in the Kashmir Valley. Rumours that copies of the Quran had been desecrated in Michigan, US, had led to curfew in Punjab's Malerkotla town.
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