“You do not interpret it as something threatening? ‘No, not me personally anyway. I can not speak to everyone, but no.'”
Of course not. Who ever heard of jihad being something threatening? To think such a thing would be “Islamophobic,” and in Sweden today, “Islamophobia” must be avoided at all costs.
“‘Jihad’ scrawled onto church in Skellefteå,” translated from “‘Jihad’ klottrat på kyrka i Skellefteå,” NyheterIdag, May 9, 2018:
SKELLEFTEÅ On Monday morning, the staff at the church of St. Olov discovered that someone had scratched the word “jihad” on the church’s facade.
“We hope and believe it’s a prank,” says the church’s spokesman.
P-O Sjödin, spokesman at Skellefteå pastorate, says that the vandalism must have taken place on Sunday evening or early Monday morning. On Monday morning he was there and saw it with his own eyes.
“It is obviously unfortunate that we cannot have our properties left in peace,” he told News Today.
SVT News has taken a picture of the scratch. After the word “jihad” there is also some kind of symbol that P-O Sjödin does not recognize.
“I do not know how to interpret it at all. It can be any type of signature, he says.
Jihad is an Arabic word that means “striving,” but may in certain Islamic contexts refer to holy war.
How do you interpret the message?
“I do not interpret the message in any way, but I hope and think it’s a common doodle. There is a similar graffiti on Anderstorp on a garage, so that … We may hope and believe that it is a prank.”
You do not interpret it as something threatening?
“No, not me personally anyway. I can not speak to everyone, but no.”
He photographed the scribble on Monday morning and reported the case to the police, which he has not heard from since. Now there are plans to clean the facade on Wednesday.
About six months ago, the church was also vandalized when posters and latches were set at the entrances. That time, P-O Sjödin wants to recall that “other forces were on the move,” possibly the Nordic resistance movement.
Warmac9999 says
I wonder what the response would be if “love Jesus, love peace” were scrawled on a mosque.
PRCS says
Oh, the horror!
Asally says
That is SO insensitive! Shame on you!
J D S says
Scrawling jihad on church walls is bad enough..but just wait till whole churches are destroyed and church members massacred by muslims on a rampage of murder and mayhem…I think really what’s kept Muslims at bay in America is the fact that they haven’t gone after Christianity as they have in their countries, where the Christians were outnumbered. Right now Americans are kinda quiet about the Muslim influx but let them start in on Christianity there would be an outcry not heard of before…..oh don’t mistake me they are fighting against Christianity in many ways but not murdering and destroying as seen in the mid east…..and for the reason stated above…a gradual take over of Christianity Is more to their agenda rather than force.
Force against Christianity might bring about a backlash from Christians that would stop them in their tracks and they know this.
gravenimage says
Sweden: “Jihad” scrawled on church wall, church spokesman says “it’s a common doodle”
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This is only a “common doodle” because Sweden is overrun with Jihadists.
And the idea that this is not intended as a threat to this Church is ludicrous.
Asally says
Well, yeah. Everyone knows jihadists are known for their dooling.
Donald MacInnis says
It’s no prank. Wake the hell up. There are a lot of suckers when it comes to Islam. If you beleive the lies they tell you are a fool.
Billy Chickens says
“Jihad”? Fine. How about we scrawl “atomic bomb” on a mosque?
Older Canadian says
It really is hard to believe they are so naive. Something tells me they will not express their concern because of fear of retaliation, from their government more than from the jihadist. They rather live another day vs a lifetime.
Asally says
Well, yeah. Everyone knows jihadists are known for their doodling.
SK says
The idea of pretending that this is “just a doodle” and not a threat is justified by the idea that migrants are absolutely fine and that they are more worried about that “Nordic resistance movement” that I don’t care for or about.
If the doodle wasn’t a threat, the person doodling would doodle words related to the concept of tolerance or something like “all Abrahamic religions are the same”. I
Dawn says
How would they feel if a swastika was put on the wall or words praising Hitler.
SK says
Oh no that would immediately be understood as the threat it is.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
This was written by a Catholic Priest as a reminder, May 2018
In Santa Sofia in May 1453. Years ago, the Archbishop of Mosul, after his church and city were destroyed, warned that the same thing would soon happen in Europe. It has begun.
Lydia Church says
They have deluded themselves and now they are so blind that they can’t see danger for what it is.
Truly sad!
somehistory says
It is certainly different from “Kilroy was here” graffiti. This “doodle” is a threat and should be taken seriously.
Sounds like the police don’t take it seriously, or they just don’t care how much of a threat it is.
Churches are being destroyed all over the planet, some completely, and many involve killing the members.
Ashley says
How the hell can J-I-H-A-D be construed as a common “doodle.”
And since when has the defacement of a church building been construed as a “prank.”
This wasn’t a graffiti artist tagging a train.
This was a violent message…
Norger says
Indeed. What are the implications of “JIHAD” for churches? Hmmmm.
Keys says
I say leave the scrawling on the church so native Swedes see it all the time.
Maybe they should gradually add other scrawlings for the curious:
Dhimmi
Hijrah
Dar al Harb
Jizya
Kafir
Sura 9:5
Al-wala’ wal-bara’
Keys says
One more for the church wall:
jihadwatch.org
Keys says
Wherever the muslims graffiti “jihad” just add “watch.org”.
mortimer says
JIHAD DEFINITION FROM ISLAMIC SOURCES:
-Definition of Dictionary of Islam: Jihad is “a religious war with those who are unbelievers (kufaar) in the mission of Muhammad. It is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Quran and in the Traditions as a divine institution, enjoined specially for the purpose advancing Islam and repelling evils from Muslims.”
Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari, former Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Iran, in a collection of lectures titled, “Jihad: The Holy War of Islam and Its Legitimacy in the Quran,” published by the Islamic Propagation Organization, Tehran, Iran, and posted on the website of Al-Islam.org (accessed Apr. 26, 2007), wrote: “‘And Fight those who have not faith in God, nor in the Hereafter, and (who) forbid not what God and His Prophet have forbidden and (who ) are not committed to the religion of truth, of those who have been brought the Book, until they pay tribute by hand, and they are the low.’ (9:29) [chapter:verse of the Qur’an]
Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), jurist, renowned philosopher, historian, and sociologist, summarized these consensus opinions from five centuries of prior Muslim jurisprudence with regard to the uniquely Islamic institution of jihad:
“In the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the [Muslim] mission and [the obligation to] convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force… The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense… Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations.”
don vito says
Cleaning off Jihad, would be offensive to the saracens, no?
koka says
This so called “christian” representative would be the first one to deny Jesus if an jihadist looked at him harshly. We all have choices, but our choices will have consequences.
Brother Charles says
HERE YOU CHURCH SPOKESMAN PUT THIS IN YOU UNHOLY PIPE AND SMOKE IT ,https://jihadwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=12857896c3097382b25b80a09&id=ba8dae848c&e=9c30bb0570
No Muzzies Here says
It’s the Muslims’ way of showing their gratitude for all the benefits Sweden has bestowed upon them: the free money, the free lodging, the free food, the ability to rape Swedish women without being restrained, the ability to hate their host country and plot how to turn it into an Islamic dictatorship.