in a dozen of them.
Killing over blasphemy against Islam isn’t a fringe Muslim belief; that should be evident from the number of states that endorse it, ranging from the newly self-identifying ‘moderate’ Arab states to the likes of Afghanistan and Syria now under jihadist control. Over the past fortnight alone, Iran and Pakistan have sentenced individuals to death over words, with growing persecution over blasphemy being witnessed worldwide, from the incarcerated in Indonesia to the lynched in Nigeria….
Sweden, which is now offering generous amounts of money for immigrants to leave the country, decided to find a loophole in its own legal commitment to free speech, including against all faiths, by issuing Momika a hate crime charge, which he was to formally receive at a district court today. With legal excuses already in place to co-opt Islamic law in Sweden, Momika has now been given the sharia penalty for blasphemy in Stockholm, even if extra-judicially.
Like Salwan Momika, his co-protester Salwan Najem has little faith in Swedish authorities protecting him from radical Muslims. ‘I am next’, he posted on X today. One hopes for Najem’s sake that he isn’t, but whoever inevitably is will be killed by the idea that Islam deserves special protection from freedom of speech.
Appeasing the Islamists, apart from the cowardly abandonment of free speech in the face of threats, and the effective introduction of blasphemy laws by the back door, doesn't even work. They'll still come for you.
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Salwan Momika burned the Quran, arguing that Islam is a violent religion. In a grim twist of irony, he was murdered by those who sought to prove him wrong.
Salwan escaped Iraq in search of safety, hoping to find refuge in Europe. But even there, his voice was silenced by… pic.twitter.com/kL0XZbFTVW
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 30, 2025
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"Salwan escaped Iraq in search of safety, hoping to find refuge in Europe. But even there, his voice was silenced by violence.
"And this happened today, in the 21st century; a time when freedom of expression should be protected, yet people are still killed for their beliefs."
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