TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Recently, a man from Iraq, Salwan Momika, committed an act of intolerance by tearing and doing it burning the Quran outside the central mosque of Stockholm, Sweden on Eid al-Adha, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. According to media reports, the 37-year-old man wiped his shoes with torn pages of the Koran before stuffing bacon in it and setting it on fire.
This act of intolerance and phobia against Islam is not the first time this has happened. The Danish-Swedish political leader Rasmus Paludan was even recorded as having done it at least five times. The following is a list of the perpetrators of the Al-Quran burning in the past, summarized by Tempo.co.
1. Rasmus Paludan
Rasmus Paludan It is recorded that he often burns the Koran in The last one was on January 21, 20213. The arson began when he staged a demonstration in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. After conveying his ideas for approximately one hour, the head of the Danish right-wing political party Starm Kurs then burned the Koran with a match.
Not only burning, Paludan also expressed his disdain for Islam and migration to Sweden. In fact, he claimed that his action was a form of freedom of expression. If someone doesn’t accept it, it’s best to leave Sweden immediately. “If you don’t think there should be freedom of expression, you should live somewhere else,” Rasmus Paludan told the crowd there.
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2. Thorsen and friends
A video uploaded via Facebook is widely circulated to the public showing Thorsen and other activists burning the Koran. A handful of the activists first went to Mortensrud, a Norwegian suburb of Oslo that has a relatively large Muslim community. When they got there, they put a burning Koran in the middle of a small intersection.
Quoting voanews, initially, they managed to push back local residents who were trying to put out the fire. Then, a crowd of people full of emotion gathered and together put out the fire. Norway’s domestic intelligence service described the attack as an act of Islamic terrorism.
3. Pastor Bob Old and Danny Allen
On September 11, 2010, some misguided Americans planned to burn the Koran. This act of intolerance was the idea of Terry Jones, a Christian Pastor from Florida who was carried out by two other pastors, Bob Old and Danny Allen. Launching Aljazeera, due to criticism from Barack Obama, Terry Jones did not take action. Unfortunately, Old and Allen still carry out the action
4. Men in Denmark
A Danish man, 42 years old, was charged with blasphemy after posting a 4 minute 15 second video on Facebook. The video contains him burning the Koran. Launching moroccoworldnews, initially, the man was charged with making hate speech, but the trial later stated that he was charged with blasphemy. In addition, religious tensions and free speech sensitivities in the Danish Muslim community have increased since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten released 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in 2006.
5. Salwan Momika
The burning of the Koran took place again in Sweden. This time it was carried out by an Iraqi named Salwan Momika. Momika tore up several pages of a copy of the Koran and burned it with the intention of criticizing Islam. He introduced himself as will come secular on social media. He also praised Swedish right-wing politician Rasmus Paludan, who previously also carried out the burning of the Muslim holy book. According to Momika, Islam is a threat to Swedish values.
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