Posted on 04/22/2005 8:57:23 AM PDT by Eurotwit
Celebrity Pentecostal preacher Runar Søgaard is under protection by Swedish police after receiving death threats. A high-profile sermon where Sögaard called the prophet Mohammed "a confused pedophile" has triggered fears of religious war.
Søgaard, 37, enjoys celebrity status in Sweden after his marriage to recording star and Eurovision song contest winner Carola, even though they are now divorced.
"Even if I see Runar while he has major police protection I will shoot him to death," a radical Islamist told Swedish newspaper Expressen.
Persons connected to the Kurdish group Ansar al-Islam claim to have received a fatwa, a decree from a Muslim religious leader, to kill Søgaard.
Muslim organizations have called Søgaard's sermon, which is on sale on CD at the Stockholm Karisma Center's web site, a hateful attack on Islam and fear the type of violent conflict that scarred the Netherlands after filmmaker Theo van Gogh was killed by an Islamic extremist for a controversial film.
Islam expert Jan Hjärpe at the University of Lund told Expressen that such an assassination is a real risk, and he wondered if conflict was the motive for the sermon.
"It was a statement from an odd man in an odd sect but the effect is stronger antagonism between different groups. It becomes a pure religious polemic and is extremely unpleasant," Hjärpe told the newspaper.
Hjärpe saw the incident as a type of beginning of a religious war in Sweden. "It (Sögaard's sermon) has power and influence. It seems to have been Runar's intention to provoke and promote antagonism," Hjärpe said.
Søgaard said he fears for his life and understands that he has angered the wrong people. He received police protection after questioning by Swedish police.
Imam Hassan Moussa, head of Sweden's imam council, demanded that Christian communities repudiate Søgaard's remarks, and promised that Sweden would avoid the ugly scenes experienced in Holland.
Norway ping.
This is the story I mentioned yesterday. It has made it to Aftenposten's international edition today.
the cult-of-death doesn't like others to hear the truth about their 'religion-of-peace'
Can't say it enough..."the Religion of Peace."
"has triggered fears of religious war"
Where have these idiots been? There "might" be a jihad???
The "idiots" have been in Sweden. That pretty much equals having been stuck with their head up a certain place.
Cheers.
Amazing, Muslims can call other religions and peoples names, but if you tell the truth about Islam, that's a death sentence.
Islam is more like a criminal gang than a religion.
Wonder when Sweden will look like this:
Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal.
Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.
Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.
Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith. Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.
Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution.
Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.
"Imam Hassan Moussa, head of Sweden's imam council, demanded that Christian communities repudiate Søgaard's remarks, and promised that Sweden would avoid the ugly scenes experienced in Holland."
That means "we won't kill you as long as you don't exercise your freedom of speech".
bttt
I noticed that statement from the so called moderates...
Great... :roll eyes:
That's because Islam began as a criminal gang. Mohammed and his followers made a career of robbing caravans.
Probably Hassan, down at the bakery
The Land of the Appeasers. They gave up the Church of Sweden to appease the Mohammedenites.
I am just now reading an interview with this Moussa character in a Swedish newspaper, and he claims that the pastor is exhibiting a crusader mentality that is not welcome in a civilised society....
So, off with his head...
How civilised...
Why are these folks so hung up on the Crusades? They ended 700 years ago and the crusaders lost.
Which, of course, will prove to everyone that Islam is better than Pentecostalism. < /s>
civilized, hahahahaha.
Inferiority complex? Actually, the Crusaders won, since Europe surpassed the Muslim world in human achievements.
Apparently the learned Imam was absent from Jihad class the day they covered the part about Mohammad's seven year-old wife.
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