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by Ingrid Carlqvist and
Lars Hedegaard • March 21, 2015 at 5:00 am
Evidently,
Sweden's Foreign Minister was unaware that that by criticizing Islamic
sharia customs, such as flogging a blogger a thousand times and the
ill-treatment of women, she was, in fact, seen as turning against Islam
itself.
There
appears to be a genuine but concerning lack of knowledge in the Swedish
government about Islam and Islamic affairs.
"It
makes no difference what she says. In Islam, it is for Muslims to
determine whether or not one has criticized their religion." —
Johannes J.G. Jansen, author and historian of Islam.
From
a Muslim perspective, any criticism or infringement of sharia law
and Muslims' obligation to wage jihad [war in the service of
Islam] is a violation of their freedom of religion.
In
other words, it is incumbent on Muslims to "terrify"
non-Muslims (referring to the Koran 8:60). But when they succeed, Muslim
spokesmen accuse their frightened victims of suffering from
"Islamophobia," and demand that Western authorities denounce
and persecute people beset by the psychiatric malady.
There
is nothing, however, to indicate that Margot Wallström and other members
of the Swedish government have been driven by fear. They have no
knowledge of what orthodox Islam is about, and evidently believe that the
religion is benevolent and peaceful, but unfortunately hijacked or
misinterpreted by evil men.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström wanted to
lecture the Arab League on human rights. Saudi Arabia's King Salman was
not amused. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
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As predicted, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström's criticism
of "medieval" conditions in Saudi Arabia has caused great parts
of the Muslim world to rise up in anger against her and Sweden, the
country she represents.
"Almost the entire Muslim world joins in the criticism of
Wallström," wrote the Swedish national daily Dagens Nyheter
on March 19, adding that around thirty Muslim countries have distanced
themselves from Wallström's comments. The Arab League has denounced her
for criticizing the lack of human rights in Saudi Arabia, and on Saturday
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which represents 57 Arab
and Muslim states, as well as the Palestinians, accused her of having
"degraded Saudi Arabia and its social norms, judicial system and
political institutions".
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