Once once more, the Swedish-Danish extremist Rasmus Paludan reignites the flame of Islamophobia and thus creates disorder in every way.
It is not the first time that this character has burned the Holy Qur’an, but this time it was under the protection of a leading country that “defends” freedom of opinion.
The insistence of Paludan and his far-right party to repeat this behavior, which is far from civil, raises many question marks regarding the character’s purpose and nefarious actions.
The following question then fits: is what is pursued political or religious? In both cases, the lukewarm and even complicit reactions of European governments and their tolerance of these unfortunate events are perceived.
It will not be the last time that the phenomenon of burning the Holy Qur’an occurs, as long as there is the great lie of the phrase “freedom of expression” that is authorized for some and denied to others. This phrase, which is the jewel in the crown of democracy in the world, it is eroding rapidly with the rise of right-wing fascist parties in most European countries, and what has happened is just the tip of the iceberg.
Willingly or unintentionally, they cause enormous damage to world coexistence and destroy the Peace of Abraham…
We salute the strong condemnations of several Western countries for the burning of the Holy Qur’an. The Swedish government also condemned what happened. But it is not enough to condemn.
A brake must be put on these manifestations of aggressiveness –if you will, individual for now– in order to take the bull by the horns and put an end to such atrocities that foster hatred and intolerance.
When we learned that a Swedish citizen of the Muslim religion wanted to burn the Jewish Torah, alarm bells were immediately raised in the Muslim world, which opposed this action. The same would have happened if it were a Christian Bible, since Jews and Christians, like us Muslims, are, as the Holy Qur’an says, “people of Holy Revealed Books.”
Fortunately, that man said in an interview with a Swedish journalist that his purpose was only to find out what the Swedish government’s reaction would be to his request—rejected, appropriately—to burn a holy book like the Torah.
Hopefully the next yardstick that the Swedish government uses to measure is good and not evil.
