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Sweden: Man faces “hate speech” charges for satirizing Sharia punishments

May 21, 2018 7:15 am By Robert Spencer

“Hate speech” is not an objectively identifiable category. Any criticism of anyone or anything could be characterized as inciting hatred against the object of the criticism. The “hate speech” classification, as I have often pointed out, is simply a tool of the powerful to silence the powerless. These satirical children’s book covers focus upon matters of genuine concern: Sharia stonings and lashings, both of which take place today. But to point them out is “hate speech,” because the Swedish government wants to keep its people ignorant and complacent in the face of the Muslim migrant inundation.

I received this email from Jan Sjunnesson, a Swedish human rights activist:

I was reported by a self-appointed anti-hate speech group (Näthatsgranskaren), with government funding and interrogated Tuesday May 15 by two young females at the police station.

The case is built on the attached fictional satirical drawings of two children’s books.

Translations:

“Mustafa wants to join too”

“With Grandpa at work”

My comment says that these titles could be at the next book fair.

For this I am responsible to have incited hate towards Muslims and Arabs. A special female attorney devoted to online hate speech, Ann Lidén, is considering taking to court now.

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  1. Clive Stephen Delmonte says

    May 21, 2018 at 7:35 am

    Does anyone understand why the Swedish authorities are putting in place laws like this ?

    • mortimer says

      May 21, 2018 at 8:27 am

      Yes, Clive, the Progressive Left in Sweden is actually FASCIST and fascists always oppose debate in favor of ONE-SIDED MESSAGES. The Swedish Left is making a strategic, political ally of Islam, and consequently, Islam may not be criticized because that would blow their cover and reveal their game. Islam is the LEAST PROGRESSIVE, MOST intolerant and MOST misogynistic ideology. Islam looks BACKWARDS to the 7th century culture of Arabia as the IDEAL culture and IDEAL moment in history. Islam is REGRESSIVE.

      The Leftards do not want us to perceive how REGRESSIVE Islam actually is.

      BUT HERE IS THE QUESTION: DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CRITICIZE A POLITICAL IDEOLOGY? Yes, we surely do, otherwise, the government is FASCIST.

      The government of Sweden is actually a FASCIST government, but no one understands that either.

      The early Soviet Union also created an alliance with Muslims, while severely persecuting Christianity and closing many thousands of churches.

      When Stalin seized power, he began crushing and persecuting Muslims in the name of feminism.

      Muslims must know that the Leftards are not genuine friends of Islam, but duplicitous, enemies in disguise.

      • Patrik Sternemark says

        May 22, 2018 at 8:55 am

        That is 100% True, i know because i live in Sweden

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 10, 2018 at 12:13 am

        When was Staling acting in the name of feminism? I must have missed that part…

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 10, 2018 at 12:48 am

          Stalin

    • SuperSwede says

      May 21, 2018 at 11:37 am

      People in Sweden are starting to see the negative sides of multiculturalism now, but the politicians are hellbent on continuing to let people come here and be supported by us for life.
      They have to silence the critics. The movement of people from third world countries must continue. Why? We all wonder.

      • andra says

        May 21, 2018 at 11:42 am

        Will the election take place this year? And do the Swedish Democrats have a chance to take over?

        • A nonym says

          May 21, 2018 at 4:43 pm

          Yes it will take place in September, and no they don’t have a chance to take over the others will join together to stop that since the so called opposition is actually helping the government to stay in power.

        • DragarOz says

          May 21, 2018 at 7:54 pm

          What they have done is not something that can be undone however. that is the fundamental problem with this.

    • Marcus says

      May 22, 2018 at 7:25 pm

      As a swedish resident I can vouch for that this country has become a really shitty country to live in. The politicians are more interested in spending tax money on people from underdeveloped countries than helping the Swedish people that has built this country. The only exception is the Swedish Democratic Party. It is unbelievably that it has gone this far.

  2. FYI says

    May 21, 2018 at 7:38 am

    Maybe they should educate muslims with nursery rhymes

    They really should learn the Actual God’s Commandments (which is difficult because allah in his koran doesn’t appear to agree with them..)

    1.
    “hickory,dickory,dock
    Abdullah wound up the clock,
    the clock struck Eight,
    Abdullah said “…Wait!…..!”

    ..and all Abdullah’s friends
    in his mosque,his parents,family and his imam died in a premature explosion..”

    moral of the Story:see if you can put the “peace” in the religion of peace..

    2.
    “Jack and Jill
    went up the hill
    to fetch a pail of water
    then isis came
    while they were gone
    and slew their
    little daughter”

    moral of the story:it is morally WRONG to do such evil,even if allah says you can k2v 191

    “I am the Lord thy God.Thou shalt NOT kill”
    The Sixth Commandment

    It’s not rocket science,is it children?

    3.

    Humpty,Dumpty,
    sat on the wall,
    Humpty Dumpty
    did NOT have a fall

    That’s because Humpty Dumpty was in Israel..

    …….which is under the true God’s blessing.

    moral of the story:you can’t win against the God of Israel.Forget it!
    Not even allah can..

    • Euclid Eye School says

      May 21, 2018 at 10:35 am

      For children?
      But definitely puerile.
      Jack and Jill …Jill got pregnant?
      Humpty Dumpty…just another story from the Bible.

      Actually, 20 pastors were killed in a plane crash in
      Cuba the other day and that’s because, boys and girls,
      … because… um…because…um…because God
      doesn’t like Cuba and they were just collateral damage.

      (Actually it was poor maintenance of the Boeing 737).

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 10, 2018 at 12:50 am

        What are you babbling about? Christianity has never said that Christians can’t die in accidents.

  3. WPM says

    May 21, 2018 at 7:47 am

    The true hurts Moslem feeling the true must be suppress or die to spare Islamic hurt feelings . Moslem feeling are more important the
    1-Free speech
    2-Safety of women in public {rape of unbelievers, uncovered women, women not escorted by men}
    3-Other practicing their religion{banning church bell, public display of religious symbols ,public festivity about religious holidays ,ect.}
    4-Equal laws for all people of the land the golden rule
    5-Music,art,logic,mingling of the sexes socially

    6-Any non-believer being a boss or supervisor to Moslems ,respecting laws outside of Sharia

    7-The list is endless all western civilization would have to disappear to keep from hurting Moslems feeling ,to satisfy their holy books of Islam.

    8- Islam the mad toddler of religions take a fit ever time we say no to their demands and our governments try to appease this infantile behavior hoping Islam will grow up. If it has not grown up or change in 1400 years what makes you think it will now. Would Nazism ever change in time, would the KKK soften their stance in time? It is engrain in their teaching it is their foundation ,without hate and violence, threats of violence it is empty, like a empty paper bag it would blow away in the first wind of debate.
    9-It is not guns, warplanes, missiles ,war that will lead to the death of Islam it is truth ,that is Islam greatest fear it is the fear of truth .

    • Dr K says

      May 22, 2018 at 6:48 am

      Well put . Agreed .

      It’s truth they are scared of …oh … and also Humour !

      Have a nice day 🙂

  4. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    May 21, 2018 at 7:54 am

    Mysteries of Cartooning
    Take a look at the picture on the right here:
    https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Satirical-childrens-books.jpg

    How is the prone man’s back getting whipped if the whipper is facing away from him? And why is the other man holding a clipboard?

    • WPM says

      May 21, 2018 at 8:18 am

      I think the man holding the clip board is keeping track of the number of stokes of the lash and writing down what the whipped man says. The man doing the lashing {using his left hand by the way} has thrown his body into the down stoke turning his body to the right ,turns his head to the left to ask the man holding the clipboard a question? How the hell without a translation can we know who is who ,are there books written on the proper way to whip a man ,like how to improve your golf swing for Islamic use??You quotas of the Hadiths on this site I am sure will find it .I am hoping this book about “Grandpa work” can be translated into many different languages and put on the web.

  5. Infidel says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:10 am

    In this ironic context.. LOOK AT THE NEWS FROM CHINA.. VOW!!!! Hope the Lefties are listening!!

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-calls-on-all-mosques-to-raise-national-flag/articleshow/64258859.cms

  6. Infidel says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:13 am

    Ironically.. take a look at what China is doing..

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-calls-on-all-mosques-to-raise-national-flag/articleshow/64258859.cms

  7. mgoldberg says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:23 am

    Seriously. Consider the fact thta you can go to any number of websites that purport that Judaism is satanism, or that the Talmud is satanic. None of that is true, accurate but it is a standard in the west and Islam to peddle this. I don’t believe anyone should be prosecuted for this ‘satanic’ evil, distortion, and lying( its always lying because they never answer the responses accurately) and indeed there are plenty of people who willingly believe those charges.
    the point: Islam gets a negative picture of their theology and the west and everywhere screams and howls about hate speach, and punishments.
    Hate speech shouldnt be punished, but rather responded too and answered and that is the appropriate creative response of free speech and the freedom of speech in a society that is so devoted.

    • Carol the 1st says

      May 26, 2018 at 4:07 pm

      The book and movie The Stoning of Soraya M. seems to be based on a real happening in Iran in the 1980’s. Sadistic gangs, just like the pack of self-important children in the cartoon. Many Islamic countries claim they stand against stoning, but it still happens.

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 10, 2018 at 12:54 am

        True.

  8. WPM says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:41 am

    That is because Judaism can defend itself in a debate that it is not satanic ,the people who practice Judaism or Christianity have a firm grip on the foundation of their faith. Their faithful can shake off these crazy theories ,because their is nothing satanic in their holy books. Islam most people if they exam what is in their books sees violence, threats of violence as there foundations, lying to expand their faith as a foundation. Free speech is not a threat to Judaism or Christianity, people who believe in these faiths are not shaken by the opinion of others. There faiths do not call on bringing death to unbelievers ,or threats of violence and lies to spread their faiths. Their faiths do not depend on lies and violence to remain practice in this world. God will judge people in the next world according to their faiths and how they live their lives , Islam has the people of Islam handing out judgement in this world is their god so weak he needs his own people giving out his judgement in acts of violence in this world?

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 10, 2018 at 12:56 am

      +1

  9. Denny Abrahamsson says

    May 21, 2018 at 8:55 am

    Im swedish and Im so angry with my socialdemocrat-fascist government. Next month I will also go up in a court for hatespeech having critizised that satanistic-nazi ideology called islam. I will make the trial a manifestation for freespeech and will tell the court they are treasonous cowards.

    • DogOnPorch says

      May 21, 2018 at 10:51 am

      Good luck to you.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am

      Bless you, mate.

      Do you have a good lawyer backing you up?

      Who would you recommend that non-Swede jihadwatchers write to, to express our dismay at and condemnation of the tyrannical suppression of free speech in Sweden?

      Because possibly if the Swedish authorities were well and truly *deluged* with letters from well-informed persons from a range of countries, *all* expressing disapproval, and also showing that they *know* what is being done to people like you, in Sweden, then they might at least begin to feel a smidgen of shame.

  10. WPM says

    May 21, 2018 at 9:02 am

    Are you the author of these books? I hope you win one for free speech in this world.in that court room best of luck to you. The person on trail did not even write the books he only commented on line they should be at the next book fair in his town.

    • Jan Sjunnesson says

      May 21, 2018 at 9:12 am

      NO I am not and my comment does not mention religon or ethnicity

      • WPM says

        May 21, 2018 at 11:42 am

        My commit about the author and the man facing trial did not mention ethnicity or religion good luck whoever you are.

    • WPM says

      May 21, 2018 at 9:27 am

      trial sorry

  11. Jan Sjunnesson says

    May 21, 2018 at 9:03 am

    Here is the police interrogation of me last week, in Swedish

    Listen to Polisförhör ang Hets mot folkgrupp 15.5.2018 by Jan Sjunnesson #np on #SoundCloud
    https://soundcloud.com/jan-sjunnesson/polisforhor-ang-hets-mot-folkgrupp-1552018

    • Denny Abrahamsson says

      May 21, 2018 at 12:56 pm

      Jan, när dom nämnde folkgrupp borde du ha frågat om muslimer verkligen är en homogen folkgrupp. Det är ju inte bara araber som tillhör den sekten.

  12. dan christensen says

    May 21, 2018 at 9:22 am

    Even the swedish islam apologetes hate these pictures of real islamic cruelty – so they hate the messenger, not the perpetrators depicted.

  13. elee says

    May 21, 2018 at 9:49 am

    Hey Americans: RIDICULE AWAY! Oh and continue to compare the merits of different models for social organization. Swedes, look around, you are becoming a cautionary tale.

  14. Richard Paulsen says

    May 21, 2018 at 10:35 am

    What is the meaning asking for shelter establishing that which you escaped? That is not escape, that is ockupation. Normal to hate.

  15. David says

    May 21, 2018 at 1:18 pm

    Whatever happened to poking fun at something or someone? Have we become so wimpy and butt-hurt (to coin a modern phrase) that every perceived slight must be dealt with in a court of law and someone must go to jail? The Swedish leftists will rue the day they took the path that put them where they are today as will all the others who have betrayed their customs, cultures, religions, friends, neighbours, civiiizations, etc. A decade or so down the road will we see, all over the world, Fridays at noon being used for mass executions in local sports venues and town squares?

  16. Jan Sjunnesson says

    May 23, 2018 at 11:57 am

    Thanks for support. I have more mtrl at http://www.sjunne.com/English

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 10, 2018 at 12:58 am

      Thanks.

  17. gravenimage says

    Jun 9, 2018 at 11:53 pm

    Sweden: Man faces “hate speech” charges for satirizing Sharia punishments
    ……………..

    Wait–so now you are supposed to respect Muslims flogging “blasphemers” and stoning rape victims to death? *Ugh*.

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