Vatican News reports that, following his public burning of a Koran outside the Great Mosque of Stokholm during one of the Turks’ festivals, Salwan Sabahmetti Momika, an Iraqi Christian who fled his country for Sweden, was soon condemned by the unionistic Swedish Christian Council (SKR) and the Swedish Prime Minister. The SKR’s condemnation reads: “The burning of the Quran is a deliberate violation of the Muslim faith and identity, but we see it also as an attack on all of us people of faith. Therefore, we want to express our solidarity with Muslim believers in our country.” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s response was less explicitly devilish, simply expressing a desire to avoid exacerbating the ongoing Turkish violence. His limp-wristed response Vatican News explains in an indirect manner as being caused by the Turkish response to Koran burnings before the Turkish Embassy earlier this year, which was to veto Sweden’s entry into NATO. Momika, for his part, defended his action as being against a book which instigates violence and murder.
In another article Vatican News reports on the Pope’s response to this event, who said in an interview that “to allow this, must be rejected and condemned.” He then oddly praised “freedom of thought and expression” as “essential to help them [young people] grow and learn.” If one remembers that the sitting Pope is a Jesuit, and is therefore no stranger to mental gymnastics, especially if it helps further his kingdom, then his response is not only understandable, but also entirely predictable.
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