Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden after Muslim holy book desecrated at one-man protest
Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden after Muslim holy book desecrated at one-man protest
The country's leader says the aim, after a one-man protest in Stockholm saw a Quran desecrated, is to "affirm the tolerance of the Islamic religion."
Kuwait announced this week that it will print thousands of copies of the Quran in Swedish to be distributed in the Nordic country, calling it an effort to educate the Swedish people on Islamic "values of coexistence." The plan was announced after the desecration of a Quran during a one-man anti-Islam protest that Swedish police authorized in Stockholm last month.
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said the Public Authority for Public Care would print and distribute 100,000 translated copies of the Muslim holy book in Sweden, to "affirm the tolerance of the Islamic religion and promote values of coexistence among all human beings," according to the country's state news agency Kuna.
On June 28, Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Iraqi Christian who had sought asylum in Sweden on religious grounds, stood outside the Stockholm Central Mosque and threw a copy of the Quran into the air and burned some of its pages.
The stunt came on the first day of Eid-al-Adha, one of the most important festivals on the Islamic calendar, and it triggered anger among Muslims worldwide. Protests were held in many Muslim nations, including Iraq, where hundreds of angry demonstrators stormed the Swedish embassy compound.
CBS News sought comment from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Kuwaiti government's announcement, but did not receive a reply by the time of publication.
The U.S. State Department condemned the desecration of the Quran in Stockholm, but said Swedish authorities were right to authorize the small protest where it occurred.
"We believe that demonstration creates an environment of fear that will impact the ability of Muslims and members of other religious minority groups from freely exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief in Sweden," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. "We also believe that issuing the permit for this demonstration supports freedom of expression and is not an endorsement of the demonstration's actions."
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution Wednesday condemning the burning of the Quran as an act of religious hatred. The U.S. and a handful of European nations voted against the resolution, which was introduced by Pakistan on behalf of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), arguing that it contradicts their perspectives on human rights and freedom of expression.
I wish there's a similar reaction if one woman is raped or degraded, one gay person beaten or oppressed, one child molested, one dictator suppresses a population or one politician decides against environment, reason and humanity and for greed. But no, a fkn book was burnt. What would Mohammed say about that if he'd live today, hm?
This is 1000% better as a response than I've seen recently from other Islamic countries and I'm a little sad it's getting dunked on so much. Others are calling for speech to be silenced in response to Quran burnings and they're literally just saying "hey, could you just read it instead?" It's a low bar compared to Western Values ™️ I guess but this kind of response should be what we strive for even if you don't agree with them on anything else.
My wife hates it but I LOVE antagonizing the religious snakes who try to tell you about their bullshit in public. I grew up in the Bible Belt and I fucking HATE that fake "oh I'm just trying to save your immortal soul because you're a sinner" bullshit. Fuck these people, they're predators preying on people at their weakest and they don't pay taxes while pissing their influence all over our politics.
Fuck. These. People. All of them.
I don't stop walking but I always interrupt them or put words in their mouths or ask why their all powerful god won't do anything about pedos when they're screeching about that etc. Especially the ones that try to hand you things, love them! They're always carrying a bunch of papers that you can knock out of their hands.
I hope these fuckwits meet lots of friendly people like me as they go to SOMEONE ELSE'S FUCKING COUNTRY to force their mythology on 😁
Good plan. As they say, the solution to bad speech is more speech.
Waste of paper.
As if we Swedes wouldn’t have mandatory education about the major religions of the world during school already. And I am pretty sure almost every school library carries copies of the quran, just as the bible and some other major scriptures.
Would love to see a giant pile of these and the Bible dumped in the street and set afire. Would be a glorious site.
Fucking religious assholes, every single one. 2023 and people still believe in imaginary men in the sky watching them masturbate. FML
I wonder how many of them will end up in landfills. Probably over 95% - so thanks for letting even more get desecrated I guess?
Those poor trees.
Should just be provided as dry wood directly if it's gonna serve the same purpose honestly.
Also, values of coexistence? In the most violent and regressive major religion? Lmao the only people it likes to coexist with are pedos like its prophet
Well at least Sweden will be warm this winter.
burn it alll 😍
You may not agree with it, but now you possess the knowledge to argue against it.
Lots of really weird, dogmatic chest thumping in this section... can we not go down this road?
Respect and mutual community is the way we all benefit. Learn from others or leave them well alone.
I know this might shock some Americans but I'm not keen on the burgeoning possibility of seeing a christiofascist theocracy spill out onto society either. My friends are already suffering organised attacks by yeehawdists for being queer - which is the boogie man y'all (royal y'all) fear from Islam, right? Being attacked for existing?
Stop burning books and stop casting stones. We're better than this. We can talk in better dialogue than this.
As an atheist, I strongly support this act of extreme free speech.
This just means the protest was effective.
Do you suppose they would take offense to distributing copies of "Demon Haunted World" in Kuwait?
wow...
Don't shun the religions but kick the missionaries.
