Press Release
On Tuesday 4th of April, the media in general and TV drew attention in its
program “Kalla Fakta” that the Al-Azhar School has separate seating places in
its school bus for boys and girls, that a cafeteria in Tensta refers men and
women to different sitting places and that there are “moral police” roaming in
the suburbs. Stefan Löfven was quick to call it abhorrent. Gustav Fridolin was
also quick to say that this is unacceptable.
Does Stefan Löfven even think that the youth club that TV4 talked about in
the same program that was founded early in 2015 and was only for women is also
abhorrent? When we know that Anna Jonazon from his own party supports the idea.
What does Gustav Fridolin think about that Awad Hersi from the Green Party also
supported the idea, is it also unacceptable? Perhaps Stefan Löfven and Gustav
Fridolin would rather suggest that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lotta Schelin play in
the same gender mixed national team. However that is apparently not as
abhorrent because the motive is not an Islamic one. It is as much acceptable as
the idea of the large number of gender segregated toilets in Sweden. In the
beginning of February, SVT reported positively about the Facebook group
“Honesty & the bees”, which is only for women. Elza Dunkels, associate
professor and internet researcher at Umeå University, supported the idea in a
positive light. Doesn’t the government have bigger issues to deal with, which
we have highlighted in a previous video.
The question is: why is it only the Islamically motivated gender separation
a problem? To take this discussion seriously, one can ask oneself: why isn’t
the vile treatment of refugees at schools in Ronneby and Thoren Framtid as big
of a problem because the refugees were referred to a separate entrance?
Obviously from the examples above, the separation in of itself isn’t the
problem, the problem is what they have against Islam! Just a few days ago we
realised a video that highlighted the repeated attacks on Islam and Muslims in
Swedish society. A couple of days later a new campaign began to once again
smear the Islamic values hoping to break the Muslim youth’s ties with them. The
attacks put the Muslims under pressure between wanting to live a calm life
without any problems or preserve their Islamic identity. Just like Devin
Rexvid, researcher on social work at Umeå University, commented in relation to
the report about the signal that the so called “moral cops” send to women in
the suburbs is: “if you don’t live as we say, as we prescribe, as we expect
then you don’t belong here.” Similarly the society is sending the same signal
to the Muslims that refuse to sacrifice their Islamic values that either they
adapt to the society or else they do not belong in it. However the only
difference is that the former signal does not match with reality- as it is
known for anyone who lives in the suburbs that the streets are filled with
women dressing up in all kinds of ways- while the latter signal is now a
reality.
To the Muslims we say that these repeated attacks only occur because Islam,
despite all this denigration, keeps growing. When the arguments with its
enemies run out they shift to smears and attacks. This should be a source of
strength to us for the treasure we carry. We do not apologize for being Muslims
and we will be steadfast in our Islam at all times and places and we will
continue to do so. It is our duty to present Islam as it is without adding to
or subtracting anything from it. Allah saved us from the darkness of ignorance
and brought us to the light which is Islam, let us not fall for the pressure of
this society and fall back to ignorance. After hardships comes ease. Allah Almighty
says:
﴿وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ
قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ
الْمُسْلِمِينَ﴾
“And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does
righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."” [Fussilat: 33]
Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Scandinavia
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