Addressing the Human Rights Council , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the "core of faith" for well over one billion Muslims. Those who had burned the Quran most likely did so "to express contempt and inflame anger", Mr. Türk said, as he warned that these acts also aimed "to drive wedges between people", to provoke and transform differences into hatred. Dialogue to repair differences of opinion and faiths is key, the UN rights chief continued, as he condemned hate speech against and by people of all mainstream and minority faiths, highlighting instead the benefits of diversity to all societies.

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