Police in Stockholm are investigating an incident that reportedly saw Nikeisha Andersson, a Swedish film director who happens to be a lesbian, abused verbally and assaulted by a Muslim taxi driver who had been driving her home.
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Pakistan: ‘Eye-for-an-Eye’ Repercussions on Christians from Sweden Burning the Quran
In the interconnected, digital world of the 21st-century, an event thousands of miles away can send shockwaves felt in other parts of the world. The recent burning of a Quran in Sweden has had reverberations as far away as Pakistan and a special impact on the already defenceless Christian minority there.
This is not the first time Pakistani Christians have experienced societal prejudice, institutional discrimination, and sporadic violence. These issues are frequently exacerbated whenever similar events take place anywhere in the West. The fallout from the Quran’s desecration in Sweden, however, has intensified these conflicts, resulting in an alarming rise in threats and the defilement of Christian symbols, particularly the Cross, symbolising Christianity.
Swedes Turn to Vigilante Justice To Deal With Migrant Crime
Residents in the Stockholm suburb of Husby have started taking the law into their own hands after law enforcement, despite pleas from locals, has done little to alleviate problems with migrant crime.
Husby, northwest of Stockholm, is one of many areas across Sweden that are considered “vulnerable” due to high unemployment and high rates of crime, with a 2017 report claiming there were as many as 61 “no-go areas”, with 23 of them considered “particularly vulnerable.”
Sweden Is Now a ‘Priority’ Target for Islamist Terrorists
Sweden has seen several protests involving the burning of the Quran over the last few years but recent burnings and desecrations of the Muslim holy book have fuelled increasing tension between Sweden and countries in the Muslim world.
The Swedish Security Police Säpo, which is responsible for counter-terrorism operations and other espionage operations, is now warning that Sweden has become a priority target for Islamic radicals looking to carry out acts of terror.
Muslim nations call for boycott of Swedish products
The diplomatic fallout over the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in Sweden is threatening to escalate into a trade war after calls from Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa came to boycott Swedish products.
Last month, a 37-year-old Iraqi refugee who wants the book banned tore out pages from the Quran and set them alight outside of Stockholm’s central mosque. A key point of contention is the fact that the protest was given the go-ahead by a Swedish court.
Sweden’s prime minister is concerned about a new wave of applications to burn religious books
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the country next week, and that he fears this may escalate tensions further with the Muslim world.
In his first public comments since the start of the Quran burning crisis that has severely strained Stockholm’s ties with Muslim nations, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told Swedish news agency TT he was “extremely concerned” about a new wave of desecrations.
Sweden is in denial about its gun-crime problem
Our national self-image as a safe, caring country is starting to unravel.
Some years ago, a news report in my local paper in Sweden went viral. Headlined ‘Piece of paper on fire in Nässjö’, it ran as follows: ‘A piece of paper that lay on the ground was burning in central Nässjö last Friday night. Someone had lit the piece of paper and left it on the ground. The burning paper was found and put out by a person living in a house nearby.’
Protests across Muslim nations after Sweden allows second attack on Qur’an
Thousands of people took part in protests across Muslim majority nations on Friday after a second incident in Sweden involving the desecration of the Qur’an.
The episode left the Swedish government apologetic and fearing that the outrage in the Middle East may delay Turkey lifting its veto on Sweden’s membership of Nato.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had said at the Nato summit in Vilnius that he would recommend the Turkish parliament ratify Sweden’s application, ending Turkey’s year-long veto, but on returning from a trip from the Gulf he merely said Turkish ratification was contingent on the steps taken by Sweden.
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee who burned Quran 2 weeks ago, has burned another copy of Quran today.
Salwan has also burned the Iraqi flag.
He tore up the Quran and then burned it.
His protests are due to his belief that the Quran promotes terrorism 🤷🏼♀️
pic.twitter.com/0vjXRdhIVj— Ashlea Simon (@AshleaSimonBF) July 20, 2023
Iraqi Fanatics Storm, Burn Swedish Embassy in Baghdad After Threat to Burn Quran in Stockholm
Protesters in Baghdad stormed the Swedish embassy and set it afire on Wednesday in response to Sweden’s approval of a permit to protest in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. It was expected that a Quran would be burned at the protest after another Quran burning incident in late June.
The protesters were followers of Iraq’s radical anti-Western cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who is retired from politics but still wields vast influence over Shiite Muslims.
Hundreds of people stormed Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and burned it down yesterday after another Quran was burnt in Sweden.
Sweden’s NATO membership still hasn’t been ratified by Turkey.
The turmoil is putting the membership in danger. pic.twitter.com/ebDBpwpGrI
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 20, 2023
Sweden: Plan to burn Torah called off
The man who vowed to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, said Saturday he had chosen not to set fire to the religious scriptures, Swedish media have reported.
Despite being given permission by Stockholm police to hold a three-person protest, the man said he had no intention of burning any books and instead threw a lighter to the ground.
“I never thought I would burn any books. I’m a Muslim, we don’t burn,” broadcaster SVT cited the man as telling those gathered for the planned desecration.
“I’m a Muslim, we don’t burn” – Bullshit.
He probably gave up upon realizing no one was going to riot.
Swedish Muslims Not Amused by Quran Burning Joke
A Swedish comedian has been receiving death threats on social media after he made a joke about recent controversial protests that involved burning the Quran, wrote the local Nyheter Idag on Monday, July 10th. Although the object of mockery was the typical Swedish mentality, and not Islam or the act itself, the Muslim community’s reaction was volatile, reminiscent of the turmoil caused by the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy nearly two decades ago.
The comedian Fredrik Andersson posted the segment of his new show on Friday, during which he made fun of how law-abiding Swedes behave, even when preparing for a protest.
Europe, the La La Land continent of immigration
Sweden is a monument to European naivete that believes open immigration of Muslims can lead to integration with post-Christians.
“Free Derry” is a famous area that declared itself “autonomous” in Northern Ireland’s second city between 1969 and 1972. The term originates from the writing painted on the wall of a building:
“You are now entering Free Derry”. The name derives from its status as a “closed” area (no-go area) to British forces (British and Protestants called it Londonderry).
Who would have thought, fifty years later, that there would be other “no-go areas” in Europe?
Embassy stormed after Sweden Quran-burning protest
President Erdogan of Turkey has vowed to teach “arrogant westerners” a lesson as he condemned Sweden for allowing the public burning of a copy of the Quran outside the central mosque in Stockholm.
The stunt by an Iraqi national has prompted condemnation from across the Islamic world. Protesters massed outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, while Morocco and Jordan followed Russia in recalling their ambassadors from Sweden.
Hamas in Sweden
The European Palestinians Conference, held in Malmö, Sweden on May 27, had clear and strong connections with Hamas, including through conference chairman Amin Abu Rashid. Before the conference, it was reported that several members of parliament from Sweden’s Green Party, Left Party and Social Democratic Party would be participating in the conference.
When the Swedish media wrote about the connection between the European Palestinians Conference and Hamas, however, MPs, one by one, began withdrawing from the conference — although, notably, without distancing themselves from Hamas.
Sweden: Iraqi refugee burns Quran outside mosque during Eid al-Adha
Two men stood outside Stockholm’s central mosque on Wednesday and burned a Quran, following the go-ahead given by a Swedish court, to coincide with the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The man who had requested permission for the action, a 30-year-old Iraqi refugee who wants the book banned, tore out pages from the Quran, wiped them on his shoe and set some of them on fire, Swedish public broadcaster SVT said.
Around 200 people gathered to watch, including counterprotesters. One man was detained after he tried to throw a rock.
Two people have been seen kicking and ripping the Quran in central Stockholm after Sweden allowed the burning of the Quran.
One of the two people that took part in this is an Iraqi refugee named Salwan Momika who was charged after his act.pic.twitter.com/dJBcgeKL48 https://t.co/djXxJURcud— Information Worldwide (@InfoEarthwide) June 28, 2023