www.thefinancialdaily.com  World decries priest’s aims to burn Quran Act could inflame Muslims’ sentiments worldwide: Pakistan Malik urges Interpol to stop the insane priest Obama  says it will boost recruitments in al Qaeda India asks US to act strongly, urges local media to black it out ISLAMABAD: US President Barack Obama Thursday joined voice with leaders of the world's biggest Muslim nations in a chorus of outrage at a plan to burn the Quran. "This could increase the recruitments of individuals who'd be willing to blow themselves up in American cities, or European cities," Obama told a US television network, branding the plan as "destructive" and dangerous. "You know, you could have serious violence in places like Pakistan or Afghanistan," he added. "This is a recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda." Pakistan slammed the planned ceremony as a "despicable" act that could inflame Muslim sentiment across the world. President Asif Ali Zardari said "anyone who even thought of such a despicable act must be suffering from a diseased mind and a sickly soul," a statement released by his office said. "It will inflame sentiments among Muslims throughout the world and cause irreparable damage to interfaith harmony and also to world peace," it said. Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik urged Secretary General of Interpol Ronald K Noble to stop Florida's insane priest Terry Jones from burning the Holy Quran on the anniversary of the September-2001 attack. In a letter written to the Secretary General, he drew attention of the Interpol towards the "very serious and grave" issue. Malik said "Interpol must play its role to stop this heinous criminal act by insane Terry Jones as it will bring irreversible damage to the world peace especially when the world is fighting against all kind of acts of terrorism." Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, leader of the world's biggest Muslim nation, earlier urged Obama to personally intervene to stop it. He wrote to the US president to express his fears that if the burning went ahead, efforts by both countries to build a bridge between the Western world and Islam "would be useless". "There is a deep concern over the planned Qur'an burning ceremony as it could spark conflict among religions," his spokesman said.India called on the US authorities to take "strong action" and for Indian media to impose a blackout on images of the event. "While we await the actions of the US authorities we appeal to the media, both print and visual media, to refrain from telecasting visuals or publishing photographs of this deplorable act," Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram said. France's foreign ministry blasted what it called an "incitement to hatred" of Muslims, and "an insult to the memory of the victims of September 11." British Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said he "strongly opposed" any attempt to offend members of a religious group while former premier Tony Blair described the planned torching as "disrespectful". General David Petraeus, the overall commander of international forces in Afghanistan, warned the act could be as harmful as the 2004 Abu Ghuraib scandal in Iraq, in which images of naked prisoners abused by Americans were published. Brigadier General Hans-Werner Fritz, the commander of German troops in Afghanistan, said the burning would "provide a trigger for violence towards all ISAF troops, including the Germans in northern Afghanistan." Canada's government expressed similar concerns, saying the torching plan "flames intolerance" including towards its own Afghanistan contingent. US authorities have said there is little they can do to stop the event from going ahead, as it is protected by the constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech. -Agencies