Hello everyone from Sweden! You may get annoyed with us Americans, so do I. But I have a lot of ancestry from Sweden and I'm very interested to meet some of you and learn more about Sweden in general. Music, food, pop culture, slang. All of it.
I play video games (of course) and love space and science. I'd love to make a discord and get to know some of you, maybe play some games on steam as well.
Since this is reddit, you may already be exposed to much American media and culture, but I can offer to teach you anything you'd like about America or explain any current events over here as well.
Nice to meet all of you in advance, adjö!
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/Weewoofiatruck at 2023-07-08 06:28:32+00:00.
HakobJorvath at 2023-07-08 08:57:52+00:00 ID:
jr4scy5Some backstory.
Last year there was a danish guy that wanted to get into swedish politics. He was far on the right side and he wanted to prove/show that muslims cannot function in a western civilization.
To do this, he said all it takes is to burn one book and there will be mayhem.
Last year there were some riots in a reaction to this. He went on a full tour in most swedish big cities and semi big cities. People got hurt. Shots were fired. I think both police horses and police dogs were also hurt.
Since then, the police have not really given out permission to anyone that has requested a political demonstration through burning the quaran since it has been some saftey issues. Both from within the nation but also from outside.
A lot of people has critiqued this since it is in your right to protest and do demonstrations. It is one of our four fundamental laws.
A court recently said quaran burnings was okay again and there is really nothing the police can do according to the law to stop them in general.
So to the recent one. One anti goverment iraqi citizen. Wished to protest against the iraqi goverment. How they use islam to control and use it to prison, kill and torture people. Like he was himself before he could escape and seek refuge in Sweden.
His point is that he thinks that islam is dangerous and it is his right to show his anger and how much he dislikes the religion.
He chose one of their most holy days and outside of a holy place to get a hattrick in provocation.
It is a bit complicated and this is just a short summery from my interpretation. I could be wrong since I did not fact check everything but tldr. In Sweden you are allowed to protest and demonstrate for whatever you want legally. There are some exeptions like doing the nazi salute, some forms of structural discrimination (which is a spicey subject in itself) and slander(lying that someone is,for example, a criminal to hurt their reputatio).
Weewoofiatruck (OP) at 2023-07-08 09:08:14+00:00 ID:
jr4t2q5Is there any fear that he's being used to help promote someone's view? Or do you truly think he burnt the Quran on his own will?
Paranoia of such is a very common thing in America because... Well it happens often here.
HakobJorvath at 2023-07-08 09:20:29+00:00 ID:
jr4tx2yHis motive and reason checks out. He was in conflict with the goverment. He was imprisoned and tortured by them.
A lot of countries and goverments around the world uses their religion as a way to control and legitimize their own actions.
There are some that do gain from an escalation from the angry fundementalists. Mainly authorities in other countries that can get influence over Swedish's politics. But also people who are against Nato, people that that say that "All it takes is to burn a pocket book you can buy at 7/11 for 5$ for a huge reaction and muslims to riot. Drawing up a conclution that muslims are dangerous."
But I dont think people in general is that fearful of that person being used. SInce all people here have that right. If a group wants to do a political action, they will most likely do it themselves.
Weewoofiatruck (OP) at 2023-07-08 09:26:18+00:00 ID:
jr4ubl6Ahh, yeah we know of that all too well.
We say all groups can group and protest. But many will raise an eyebrow if that group is not Christian and white