The Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was interviewed today by Inger Arenander of the “Swedish State Public Service Radio” P1. About 30% was about the Modoggies. Here follows a very condensed version of this third:
She started by establishing the fact that there have been new protests against the publication in Swedish media of a picture of the prophet Mo as a Rondell-doggie, the latest being from Afghanistan.
Fredrik Reinfeldt said that he takes the protests seriously, but that he wants to stress two things:
I think that the balance must lie between just this, efforts to indicate our will to live side by side — an attempt is made to use this as some sort of assertion that this would not be the case — and at the same time of course mark the boundary line we have in Sweden, that it is not the political leaders that make any publication decisions. With our freedom of speech, with our democracy, and our way of functioning, it is quite other persons who make those decisions.
How is it that it was so long before the government reacted?
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She started by establishing the fact that there have been new protests against the publication in Swedish media of a picture of the prophet Mo as a Rondell-doggie, the latest being from Afghanistan.
Fredrik Reinfeldt said that he takes the protests seriously, but that he wants to stress two things:
I think that the balance must lie between just this, efforts to indicate our will to live side by side — an attempt is made to use this as some sort of assertion that this would not be the case — and at the same time of course mark the boundary line we have in Sweden, that it is not the political leaders that make any publication decisions. With our freedom of speech, with our democracy, and our way of functioning, it is quite other persons who make those decisions.
How is it that it was so long before the government reacted?
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It did not seem to us that we have loitered for several days. I have been available. Last Wednesday I was in Uppsala together with most of Sweden’s on-the-spot gathered media representatives. I have just visited Croatia and there, at a press conference in Zagreb, I was questioned by the TT News Agency. I do not feel that I have done anything but reply to the question when the question came. There was no reason to do it without the question being asked!
Of course there is a risk one must be aware of when entering this discussion, and that is to erroneously send a signal that political Sweden has anything to do with a case like this — when our answer is that we do not have.
It was strange to notice that Fredrik Reinfeldt four or five times gave way to wishful thinking when he spoke about “a wish to live side by side”, and to do this even in “mutual or reciprocal respect”. He cannot have a very good sounding of the opinions among ordinary people of Swedish background.
Of course there is a risk one must be aware of when entering this discussion, and that is to erroneously send a signal that political Sweden has anything to do with a case like this — when our answer is that we do not have.
It was strange to notice that Fredrik Reinfeldt four or five times gave way to wishful thinking when he spoke about “a wish to live side by side”, and to do this even in “mutual or reciprocal respect”. He cannot have a very good sounding of the opinions among ordinary people of Swedish background.
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2 comments:
From what I've seen, both here and in Europe, is that the general population has a significant proportion (maybe over half) that have yet to understand the role Islam plays in terrorism.
If you're reading this and know someone like that, this is a good article to share with them. And I have some over on citizenwarrior.com. We who know about Islam need to actively educate and influence those who don't.
Good post. I have just discovered your blog and I love it.
Thanks for the kind words!
It's a welcome relief from Islamic curses and E-FATWAS I usually recieve.
Cheers, Ronbo
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