Stockholm court gives Salwan Najem, whose co-defendant was shot dead last week, suspended sentence and fine

Summary

A Stockholm court convicted Salwan Najem of incitement against an ethnic group for his role in Qur’an burnings in 2023, sentencing him to a fine and suspended sentence.

His co-defendant, Salwan Momika, was shot dead last week, sparking concerns of foreign involvement.

The protests strained Sweden’s relations with Muslim countries and fueled debate over free speech limits.

The government had considered banning Qur’an burnings but is no longer planning immediate action. Sweden joined NATO in March 2024, partly fearing diplomatic fallout over the burnings could affect its bid.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Islam fanatics’ violent response is probably part of their point, it’s going to be a bit hard to prove that point by burning a bible or torah in Sweden.

    Islam has billions of followers, millions of extremists are a tiny tiny percentage.

    And if you think burning a bible or Torah wouldn’t also draw out millions of extremists…

    Gestures to current geopolitics

    Have you tried looking at anything that’s been going on?

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
      31·
      5 hours ago

      The global population doesn’t really matter for this, homicidal fanatical christians or jews aren’t known to travel halfway across the globe to murder people who insult their religion. They’re quite rare in Sweden, and with the Swedes’ penchant for extreme metal and general lack of religiousness, there are a lot of potential targets in that country - shouldn’t be that hard to find someone who burned a bible on stage in Sweden in the last 10 years.