2 remaja perempuan yang membawa risalah berkata "jangan sentuh masjid saya " mengambil bahagian dalam demonstrasi di rumah parlimen di Stockholm pada 2 Jan 2015 (Two young girls carrying leaflets saying "don't touch my mosque" participate in a demonstration at the house of parliament in Stockholm on January 2, 2015 (AFP Photo/TT News Agency/Fredrick Sandberg)
Srikandi - Beribu-ribu orang telah berkumpul di Sweden menyatakan perpaduan dan sokongan bagi umat Islam selepas 3 serangan ke atas masjid2 dalam hanya seminggu, yg meninggalkan 5 orang yg cedera.
Slogan para peserta "Jangan sentuh masjid saya."
Wartawan anggaran meletakkan jumlah orang yang mengambil bahagian dalam tunjuk perasaan di seluruh negara pada kira-kira 3,000.
Swedish rallies in support of Muslims draw thousands after mosques attacks (VIDEO, PHOTOS) . . .
Thousands of people have rallied across Sweden expressing solidarity and support for Muslims after three attacks on mosques in just one week, which left five people injured. The participants had the slogan “Do not touch my mosque.”
Di Stockholm, kira-kira 2,000 aktivis berkumpul di hadapan Royal Palace dengan pelekat menghempas berkembang Islamofobia.
In Stockholm, some 2,000 activists gathered in front of the Royal Palace with placards slamming growing Islamophobia.
Beribu-ribu telah ternyata untuk perhimpunan menyokong#Stockholm selepas serangan membakar masjid #muslims 2015 # bräninteupp (Thousands have turned out for #Stockholm rally in support of #muslims after mosque arson attacks #bräninteupp2015) 20:52 - 2 января 2015
"Saya datang ke sini kerana saya terhadap serangan masjid," anti-perkauman kempen Ahmed Yasin kepada ‘The Local’. "Mereka bukan sahaja serangan ke atas masjid tetapi juga terhadap demokrasi Sweden.
Saya seorang warganegara Sweden pertama dan saya juga seorang Muslim Sweden yang mahu melindungi hak-hak saya dan untuk menunjukkan perpaduan dengan orang lain untuk menangani Islamophobia ini ".
"I came here because I am against the mosque attacks,” anti-racism campaigner Yasin Ahmed told The Local. ”They are not only attacks on mosques but also against Swedish democracy. I am a Swedish citizen first and I am also a Swedish Muslim seeking to protect my rights and to show solidarity with others to deal with this Islamophobia".
#Stockholm: Beribu-ribu Sweden membantah gelombang baru-baru ini mengalami membakar pada masjid2. #svpol #migpol (#Stockholm: Thousands of Swedes protest against recent wave of arson attacks on mosques. #svpol#migpol) 21:20 - 2 января 2015
Kira-kira 40 kumpulan menganjurkan protes, termasuk Majlis Islam Sweden dan Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu Sweden.
Orang-orang terkemuka dari masyarakat Islam ditangani perhimpunan tersebut, yang turut menarik beberapa pegawai berprofil tinggi termasuk Alice Bah Kuhnke, Menteri Kebudayaan dan Demokrasi.
Some 40 groups organized the protests, including Sweden's Muslim Council and the Swedish United Nations Association. Prominent people from the Muslim community addressed the rally, which also drew some high-profile officials including Alice Bah Kuhnke, minister of Culture and Democracy.
Pengetahuan adalah vaksin yang terbaik terhadap prasangka, kata Menteri Demokrasi (Knowledge is the best vaccination against prejudice, says the Democracy Minister). 20:54 - 2 января 2015
Perhimpunan yang sama berlaku di Gothenburg dan Malmö, tetapi pada skala yang lebih kecil - 500-600 orang di setiap lokasi, menurut Agensi Berita Anadolu.
Di Uppsala, di mana masjid ketiga diserang, beratus-ratus aktivis ditampal hati kertas di pintu masjid. Pada pagi Tahun Baru tempat ibadat terpegun dengan koktel Molotov dan dirosakkan dengan grafiti rasis
Similar rallies took place in Gothenburg and Malmö, but on a lesser scale - 500-600 people at each location, according to Anadolu News Agency.
In Uppsala, where the third mosque was attacked, hundreds of activists pasted paper hearts on the door of the mosque. On New Year’s morning the place of worship was struck by a Molotov cocktail and vandalized with racist graffiti
Banyak rancangan perpaduan di Uppsala. Phew. # Bränninteupp2015 (Många visar solidaritet i Uppsala. Skönt.#bränninteupp2015 ) 19:18 - 2 января 2015
Kerajaan mengutuk serangan dan berjanji untuk meningkatkan dana untuk menyediakan keselamatan tempat-tempat ibadat.
"Tidak seseorang itu perlu takut di Sweden apabila mereka mengamalkan agama mereka," Perdana Menteri Sweden, Stefan Lofven memberitahu agensi berita TT.
Pada 25 Disember, 5 orang cedera apabila bom petrol telah dilambung melalui tingkap sebuah masjid di Eskilstuna, di timur Stockholm. Sehingga 20 orang, termasuk kanak-kanak, adalah di dalam masjid pada masa serangan itu, yang berlaku di kawasan perumahan.
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Pada hari Isnin, serangan berlaku di bandar Sweden selatan Eslov, hanya selepas 3 pagi waktu tempatan. Tiada siapa yang cedera pada masa itu. Pada musim luruh, masjid yang sama telah dirosakkan, akhbar Expressen tempatan dilaporkan.
Sepanjang tahun lepas, terdapat serangan sekurang-kurangnya sedozen di masjid-masjid di seluruh negara, kata anti-perkauman Sweden majalah Expo.
Serangan mengikuti perbahasan mengenai imigresen di Sweden. Pihak Jauh kanan Demokrat Sweden mendapat sokongan kuat dlm pilihan raya September memang-gil untuk mengurangkan bilangan pendatang, walau bagaimanapun, ia tidak memasuki parti pemerintah.
The government condemned the attacks and promised to increase funds to provide security of worship places.
"In Sweden no one should have to be afraid when they practice their religion," Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told the TT news agency.
On December 25, five people suffered injuries when a petrol bomb was tossed through the window of a mosque in Eskilstuna, to the east of Stockholm. Up to 20 people, including children, were in the mosque at the time of the attack, which occurred in a residential area.
On Monday, an attack took place in the southern Swedish town of Eslov, just after 3 am local time. No one was injured on that occasion. In autumn, the same mosque was vandalized, local newspaper Expressen reported.
Over the past year, there have been at least a dozen attacks on mosques nationwide, says Swedish anti-racism magazine Expo.
The attacks followed the debates concerning immigration in Sweden. Far-right party Sweden Democrats got strong support in September elections calling for decreasing the number of immigrants, however, it did not enter the ruling coalition.
