This will spread like wildfire. Expect massive Koran riots in the Middle East & terror attacks all over Europe in the coming weeks.
Swedish Populist on Qur’an Burnings: If They Get Upset, Burn a Hundred More
UN body condemns Quran burning in Sweden
A member of the populist Sweden Democrats (SD) has weighed in on the controversial burning of a copy of the Qur’an last weekend, stating that the reaction from Turkey and the Islamic world has been unreasonable.
SD member Richard Jomshof, chairman of the Justice Committee, gave his opinion on the burning of the Qur’an last week in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm by Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan, claiming the backlash had been exaggerated.
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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has come under fire, including from a top ally, after he criticised a Qur’an being burned outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm over the weekend.
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From Al Jazeera:
Alliance of Civilizations and several Muslim-majority countries denounce stunt by Danish far-right party leader.
The notorious Islamophobic Danish-Swedish firebrand Rasmus Paludan was granted a permit to hold a Koran-burning demonstration in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm today. Mr. Paludan’s action aroused the ire of the Turkish government, and in response a hard-line Islamic party in the Turkish parliament vowed to block Sweden’s attempt to join NATO.
In other news, the number of migrant deaths on the eastern route to Europe from Turkey through the Greek islands increased by almost three times in 2022, as compared with the previous year.
The high representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations has condemned the burning of the Muslim holy book by a Swedish-Danish far-right politician as a “vile act”.
Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, carried out the stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden under the protection of local police on Friday.
“While the High Representative stresses the importance of upholding the freedom of expression as a fundamental human right, he also emphasises that the act of Quran-burning, amounts to an expression of hatred towards Muslims,” a spokesperson for Miguel Angel Moratinos said in a statement released on Sunday.
“It is disrespectful and insulting to the adherents of Islam and should not be conflated with freedom of expression,” the statement added.
Moratinos, who heads a UN agency that describes itself as “devoted to promoting understanding across diverse communities”, said he was concerned about the rise in “discrimination, intolerance and violence … directed against members of many religious and other communities in various parts of the world”.
He called for the building of “mutual respect” and promotion of “inclusive and peaceful societies rooted in human rights and dignity for all”.
‘Racist action’
Shortly after Paludan burned a copy of the Quran, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, condemned Swedish authorities for failing to ban the protest.
“It’s a racist action. It’s not about freedom of expression,” he said.
Islam is not a race. Burning a book, any book, is freedom of expression, no matter how repulsive that may be.
Arab countries – including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait – have also denounced the stunt as well as other Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan and Somalia.
“Allowing this hateful act that insults Islamic sanctities and values is completely unacceptable,” Somalia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. “It is nothing but a demagogic practice that promotes hatred and racism and serves the agendas of extremism and terrorism.”
In a post on Twitter, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that while freedom of expression was a fundamental part of democracy, “what is legal is not necessarily appropriate.”
“Burning books that are holy to many is a deeply disrespectful act,” he said.
A group of protesters gathered outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara over the weekend to decry the Quran burning. In Bangladesh, people also demonstrated against the incident.
In April, Paludan’s announcement of a Quran-burning “tour” during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan sparked riots across Sweden.