Asylum Application Rejected, This Apostate Man Burns Al-Qur’an in Sweden

STOCKHOLM – A man Morocco who is out of Islam or an apostate has applied for asylum in Sweden on the pretext of being the target of persecution for doubting his religion. But his request was denied and he burned copies of the scriptures Al-Qur’an as a protest.

He recorded the act of burning the holy book and the video was released on YouTube.

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The man came to Sweden from Morocco two years ago on a tourist visa and sought asylum, citing persecution in his home country for his “religious doubts”.

However, the Swedish Migration Agency rejected his asylum application. He appealed, but the Court of Migration Appeals upheld his earlier decision.

The Court of Appeals ruled that it was “reasonable” to demand his return to Morocco and hoped that he would keep a low profile and exercise restraint in his criticism of Islam and the monarchy to avoid provoking actions against him by individuals and authorities.

In response, the man recorded a video of himself burning a copy of the Koran in the barbecue area and uploaded it on YouTube under the name Skeptic Mohamed.

The man who describes himself as a former Muslim, an atheist, a secularist, a metalhead and a skeptic, argues that the biblical blasphemy act is about defending his right to asylum.

“This could dramatically increase my security concerns even here in Sweden. I have an obligation to protect my dignity, safety and freedom, which is completely impossible in a Muslim-majority country like Morocco at the moment,” he said.

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“This is also against the Swedish Migration Authority which explicitly discriminates against me because I am a former atheist Muslim,” he said.

“I strongly refuse to shut up and hide as the Swedish asylum authorities asked me to do and consider the terms ‘reasonable’ while Islamofassis and Islamic terrorists who want us dead are allowed to stay in Sweden after they destroyed dozens of Muslim-majority countries,” he added. , as quoted Sputniknews, Friday (4/6/2021).

The actions of the man who goes by the name Skeptic Mohamed have attracted media attention. Among other things, newspapers Aftonbladet which emphasized that the Court of Migration Appeals previously ruled that “it is not possible to compel truly confident persons to conceal, change or distance themselves from their outlook on life”.

Furthermore, the newspaper journalist; Thord Eriksson, ventured to say that the man must have had the misfortune of facing a bureaucratic wall of asylum seekers and that his video clips hurt Sweden’s self-image as a human rights defender.

In the comments to the video, reactions are somewhat polarized, ranging from admiration, respect, and support to criticism, condemnation, and joy.

So far, blasphemy of the Koran in Scandinavia has been a staple of far-right anti-Islam organizations, such as the Danish Hardline party led by Rasmus Paludan or Stop Islamization of Norway (SIAN), both of which saw the burning of the Koran. as a means of exercising freedom of speech.

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