Sweden, A Supporter Of Ghastly Crimes.
The continuation of global protests against the position of the Swedish government regarding the repeated desecration of Islamic holy places shows that the reaction of the countries of the Islamic world will not be limited to issuing a statement and holding a meeting; Important economic, political, cultural and media consequences await Stockholm.
The continuation of a crime such as desecration of the Holy Quran and insulting the sanctities of Islam in Sweden will not remain without cost for this country. The first sign of such a thing is the global reactions to these criminal acts and then the promise of the Arab countries and the Islamic world in a decisive response to the Stockholm government’s official support for these insults.
Islamic World; From disgust to Readiness to Act against Stockholm
Wide official and public reactions in the Islamic world to this heinous act, from government condemnations and political reactions to public demonstrations, issuing diplomatic warnings, trending hashtags of opposition in the virtual space, the crisis of summoning political councils, and calling for economic sanctions. This wide reaction process shows that Stockholm will not be spared from the economic, political, cultural, and media consequences of this repeated crime this time.
The action of “Salvan Momika”, a 37-year-old Swedish person of Iraqi origin, in Stockholm on Wednesday (June 28), coinciding with the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, in desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran, is not the first and second time that it has happened in Sweden. This criminal act, which is always repeated with the security support of the police in Stockholm and other cities, has made the supporting role of the Swedish government clear to everyone. It is a country that hosts 600,000 Muslims. On January 21 of last year, “Rasmus Paludan”, the leader of the far-right Danish “Hard Line” party, burned a copy of the Holy Quran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, under the support of the police of this country; An action that once again shook the foundations of Stockholm’s economic and political security.
“Tobias Billström”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in a phone call with “Fawad Hossein”, his Iraqi counterpart, stated that “the government of this country condemns this action” and “deeply regrets what happened”. Despite the fact that the Swedish government was forced to condemn it after the spread of global reactions to the repetition of this crime in its soil, it seems that it is still not serious; Because similar actions are still not recognized as criminal or prosecuted in this country. The effective position that “Vladimir Putin”, the President of Russia, showed in practice and stated: “Disrespecting the Quran is considered a crime in Russia, unlike some other countries.”
Islamic countries and the Arab world showed their political coordination to respond to the Swedish government by holding an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation; Where today (Sunday, July 2nd) the member states demanded to take collective measures to prevent the repetition of desecration of the Holy Quran and insulting the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and emphasized the need to implement international law to prohibit religious hatred. But the consequences for the Stockholm government will not be limited to these cases, and it is expected that more serious threats await the Swedish government, which we will discuss further.
A political aftershock: a bridge to NATO that burned
In order to join NATO, Sweden needs the consent of Turkey, as an Islamic country, and these heinous actions, which mostly happened in front of the Ankara embassy in this country, make it difficult; Because Ankara is fundamentally opposed to Sweden joining NATO and has preconditions. The Russian magazine “Argumenti e Facti” published an article titled “Sweden burns the bridges to NATO by burning the Koran on its soil”, and wrote: Turkey described the burning of the Koran as an obscene act and summoned the Stockholm ambassador. Now, apart from Turkey, even the countries that really want to see Sweden join NATO this summer have been forced to condemn this move. Washington knows that the second desecration of a Bible in Sweden in a year will end up in Russia’s favor.
