An attack on religious freedom “- Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

An attack on religious freedom "- Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

– Is there any truth that the fire is laid, it is a direct attack on religious freedom in our country, says Alice Bah said.

She thinks that awareness of our legal rights must increase.

– To express what you believe you are entitled to according to our constitutions. Not being able to express their religion is a threat to freedom of expression. When a right we have in our country is threatened, it is a threat to our democracy, she says.

A report from the Committee for State Aid to Religious Communities (SST) has described how hatred and harassment against individuals exercising faith has increased.

– If we all take it very seriously now so we contribute to the shift in the worst case can lead to our most important laws do not have the power they need, says Alice Bah Kuhnke.

Justice Minister Morgan Johansson (S) call the fire for “a heinous atrocity” in a written comment to SvD:

– I hope that the culprits can be arrested. Designs picture is not yet clear, but it’s hard to believe other than that this gross violence directed against Muslims as a group and Islam as a religion. It is then a cowardly attack on religious freedom and on individuals. We can not accept in Sweden. Our country must stand up against xenophobia and for fundamental human rights.

Even Interior Minister Anders Ygeman (S) comments on what happened:

– It’s disgusting, it’s unacceptable and it is an area in which society must sharpen their actions. We are not doing enough to manage to protect regardless of whether it is a mosque or other religious communities.

– This is why we are already in the Statement of Government said that we want to work against hate crimes.

TT: You will immediately begin to talk about hate crimes, but we know at present that this was so?

– No, currently we do not know, but police have confirmed that it is an arson and it is clear that we should wait until we know it’s there. But even if it should turn out that this particular event is not a hate crime, there has been a number of other events that has been very serious.

On February 27 presents the results of the hate crime investigation launched by the previous government appointed .

– This will take a number of proposals that we consider, says Ygeman.