Sweden in protest after three fires mosque in one week
| Sweden in protest after three fires mosque in one week |
Activists Against Racism
Sweden, a massive demonstration in central Stockholm after three attacks on mosques.
The demonstrators carried banners reading
"Do not touch my mosque," 1,000-strong rally outside the parliament.
Molotov cocktails were thrown at a mosque in
Uppsala, eastern Sweden on Thursday, does not burn the building.
In late December, the mosque to love burned in
an arson attack and the south and the former mosque in Eskilstuna wounding five
people.
Event rally against racism in the city of
Malmo and Gothenburg on Friday.
The Minister of Culture in Stockholm, Sweden
Alice Bah Kuhnke that the government launch a national strategy to address the
idea of Islamophobia is to educate people about Islam and to reduce bias, she
said.
In a sign of solidarity,
well-wishers stuck entrance Uppsala Red Mosque after a heart attack on
Thursday.| Sweden in protest after three fires mosque in one week |
| Sweden in protest after three fires mosque in one week |
So far, the police investigation has not led
to any arrests following an arson attack.
The government has pledged to tighten security
in places of worship.
Minister of Culture Bah Kuhnke march Stockholm
attacks. "Intended to intimidate and the people."
"That's why one of the most important
things we can do is to not let yourself be intimidated," he was quoted by
AFP news agency as saying.
Immigration has become a hot topic of debate
in Sweden to receive asylum seekers per capita than any other European country.
Anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats, who had 13%
election in September and wants to cut 90% in the number of asylum seekers who
are allowed into Sweden. A month ago, a person who almost fell the new
coalition government in protest against the policy of asylum.
Approximately 16% of Sweden's population is
foreign-born, many of them from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria - all Muslim
majority country.
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