In Sweden there have been riots for the last couple
of days because a group of deluded right-wingers,
have decided that now is the perfect time for them to publicly burn the Qur'an.
And here is the kicker, this is all being done with the backing of the police and the government,
under the guise of, you've heard it before, 'freedom
of speech', a term that is restricted only for the Muslims.
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This was done in a predominantly Muslim area to,
let's face it, incite and provoke the Muslims there.
And that's exactly what happened.
The Guardian (newspaper) says about 100 youth were involved.
BBC (news) says 200 youth were involved.
Regardless, the person responsible for burning the Qur'an was injured.
Oh yes. Yes. And you need to hear this Muslims.
He got hit, with a stone on his leg.
Officials say he may survive this ordeal,
but his family and friends will be with him during this testing time.
But you know as they say nothing's written in stone.
Enough jiba jaba, let's look at the Swedish penal code chapter 16 section 8.
It says, expressing contempt for a religious group falls under
guilty of agitation against a population group or:
hets mot folkgrupp, for the Swedish folks that are watching.
And this can result in imprisonment for up to two years.
Then we have something that goes on to the next level called
'gross agitation against a population group' or as the swedes call it:
grov hets mot folkgrupp (that's what my Swedish homies out there)
Which- offensive content was disseminated to a large number
of people in a way that was liable to attract considerable attention.
I'm not making this up mate, you can see the penal code on your screen.
Flamin nora, now when it comes to minorities like LGBT Sweden is the leader in making sure
they feel included.
When it comes to anti-Semitism they make it clear yeah, categorical,
their stance against anti-Semitism.
But when it comes to Muslims, even the law takes a backseat.
And then we're hit with the same old nonsense of "freedom of speech"
But according to your own rules of 'freedom of speech',
it doesn't apply here here because this falls under hate speech and contempt.
Now bearing all this in mind I want you to understand a principle yeah, and that is,
that countries will align with any group as long as it is for their national interest and security.
Let's take the example of Israel yeah. It's clear that they have aligned with far-right groups
even those that are anti-Semitic.
We know even in the UK- as documented by Mark Curtis- they have
supported religious groups to remove unfavourable regimes.
We saw this happen in Afghanistan, where they supported the Mujahideen against Russia.
We saw it happen in Egypt they supported the Muslim brotherhood against Gamal Abdul Nasir.
We saw it happen in Indonesia, where they supported Darul Islam against Sukarno.
And we saw it happen in Iran, where they supported the followers of Khomeini
against Muhammad Mossadegh.
And then if we move on to America, of course
it's going to take the whole episode if I go through their countries.
But William Blum enumerates them to be at least 50 countries that have been interfered
in mostly democratically elected since world war ii.
Now, bearing all of this in mind Russia warned Sweden not to join NATO.
We also know Russia favours far-right groups to destabilize certain countries.
And we also know from past experience in Sweden that burning of the Qur'an
results in things like this.
So, it's not far-fetched to assume
that Muslim sentiments are being used here to cause unrest in this country.
And with global politics the way it is now nothing is as it seems.
Especially with the world being on the brink of a nuclear war,
countries will try absolutely anything.
Some of you may be watching saying "but he still hasn't addressed what Muslims think about this".
Well, as Muslims, we believe the Qur'an was
revealed to the heart of the Prophet (peace be upon him)
and that's how it was transmitted, it's an oral tradition,
unlike Christianity and Judaism which is a bookish tradition
and it relies on things being written down.
In Islam we have something called the chain of transmission,
so burning of a book is not going to end our religion,
but of course we do feel inside but most Muslims are sensible.
Let's leave it there guys until next time, Asalaamu alaikum.