Posted on 08/30/2024 8:20:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would put two men on trial for setting fire to the Quran in a series of incidents last year that prompted outrage in the Muslim world and raised fears of attacks by jihadists.
The two men committed "offenses of agitation against an ethnic or national group" on four separate occasions when burning Islam's holy book outside a mosque and in other public places, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement.
Sweden's domestic security service raised its terrorism alert level as a result of the burnings, while neighboring Denmark, which also saw a spate of Quran burnings, tightened its legislation to outlaw the practice.
"Both men are prosecuted for having on these four occasions made statements and treated the Quran in a manner intended to express contempt for Muslims because of their faith," Senior Prosecutor Anna Hankkio said in a statement.
Many Muslims view desecrating the Quran , which they see as the literal word of God, as a grave offense.
Evidence against the two men, named as Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem, consisted largely of video recordings, Hankkio said.
Najem denied any wrongdoing, his lawyer, Mark Safaryan, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"The permit granted in connection with the demonstration is covered by my client's intent. His rights are protected by the Swedish constitution," Safaryan said.
The lawyer for Momika did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sweden's migration agency has said it wanted to deport Momika due to false information on his application for residency but that the order would not be carried out because he was at risk of torture in his home country.
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Critics have said Sweden and Denmark, two of the most liberal countries in the world, should treat Quran burnings as a form of free speech protected by law.
I wonder what would happen in the USA if somebody did something similar....
Just ask Ann Barnhardt.
While Christians and the Bible are fair game for attack and destruction. Jesus tells us in His prophecies that in the last days His people will be persecuted in His name.
Let me guess you can burn a Bible no problem?
Can muslims burn the Bible with impunity? Most muslim nations censor the Bible. Isn’t that inciting violence against Chrisitians? Censuring isn’t much difference than burning. When a muslim stabs innocent men, women and children to death isn’t that inciting violence?
She of bacon strip bookmarks. Love her.
I was unaware they needed any help in turning people against them.
> I wonder what would happen in the USA if somebody did something similar.... <
Old-time liberal: I disapprove. But I will defend to the death your right to do it.
Modern “progressive”: I disapprove. So I demand that you be arrested for a hate crime.
The problem is that there is, at most, only one old-time liberal left. And that’s (surprisingly) Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman. But I suppose he would probably fold under the pressure.
“Charged with inciting hate against Muslims”
If Muslims go on stabbing sprees are they inciting hate against Muslims?
In the US? Wrap it in an American flag before burning. The flag part would be free speech and the book part would result in prison time.
The irony is, the group most responsible for inciting *hatred* against islam is the islamists themselves.
They keep acting the way they are, and people will keep hating them for it.
Inciting hate against Muslims? What’s not to hate?
There’s a list of at least 100 things that’s really truly screwed up and wrong about Islam. Is it that they just hate Christians so much that they have to throw in with muslims?
I strive for truth. Is it so with the other two?
I Hate Muslims.
Come and take me.
>> Is there any projector better than Islam? I contend yes. The Godless left.
The two of them are cut from the same cloth: they hate Jesus and deny the One True God.
>> I strive for truth. Is it so with the other two?
Easy answer! NO.
>> Let me guess you can burn a Bible no problem?
Sure! Go ahead... we’ll make more.
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Wasn't aware that Muslims were an "ethnic" or "national" group. Can't a Muslim be of any ethnicity, and of any national origin?!
But I guess I'm a Dummkopf.
Regards,
I burn a page every day I light lump charcoal
Of coarse
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