A parliament committee was set up on Saturday to follow up procedures the Interior Ministry takes regarding the Quran desecration case in which a Yemeni citizen is accused of tearing and treading on the holy book of Muslims.

The move comes after the people in the Al-Hasaba area in Sana'a destroyed the home of a man who they accused of insulting the Quran and burned his two cars.

The people's backlash towards the sacrilege promoted an MP to urge formation of a parliament a committee on the case.

Meanwhile, head of the newly-formed committee Judge MP Ahmed Abdul Razaq Al-Ruqiahi said the incident must be dealt with inflexibly.

Other MPs denounced the public law, saying the people don't have the right to punish violators whatever they commit.

They attacked the security authorities saying the absence of the law and role of the police is behind many offenses in the country.

On Tuesday, citizens destroyed the three-storey house of a Yemeni, who lived in the Al-Hasaba area, Sana'a, after they accused of desecrating the Quran.

Eyewitnesses said the man tore the Quran and treaded on it before citizens but the reason for his violation has not been identified.

Some people in the area called the police and informed them about a person who insulted the Quran.

Seeing that the police did not take action, citizens who rallied after the dawn prayers from a number of mosques broke into the offender's house and destroyed it.

They also burned his two cars which were parked at the house and the furniture inside the house.

Arriving in the scene in the morning the next day, I saw people destroying a home and burning its furniture, a local official said, adding when I asked about the reason for the move some replied the act was as revenge for insulting the Quran.

They said the owner of the house had torn the book and stepped on it.

The official affirmed that insulting the Quran was the sole reason behind the house destruction as the man's act towards the Quran inflamed the anger of the people in his area.

Later, firefighters contributed to tackling the blaze and many security patrols were seen at the site.

The Quran is the holy book which Muslims believe to be the book of divine guidance and direction for mankind, and consider the original Arabic text to be the final revelation of God.

Muslims consider those who insult the Quran as converting their religion and must be killed.