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| Finland: Moves made to establish Islamic political party |
| 2007-09-07 |
| An Islamic political party is being set up in Finland; organisers hope to gather the necessary 5,000 signatures for official registration, and to field candidates in next year's municipal elections. The new party's chairman Abdullah Tammi said at a press conference held on Thursday that the aim of the new party is to promote healthy habits, and the Islamic lifestyle. For all Finns. One of the goals of the party is to end the sale of alcoholic beverages at Finnish grocery stores and kiosks. Sales through the Alko stores would not be affected. That's the next step. The party also wants to make it possible for Muslim children to opt out of music classes and excursions to swimming pools, which Tammi says go against the Muslim faith. The party further wants legislation that would sanction Halal slaughter and the religious circumcision of boys. The circumcision of females is step 2. Asked if the party wanted Sharia law to be implemented in Finland, Tammi said that such a move would be "fantastic". I bet he practically levitated. He noted that the purpose of the law is to prevent crime in advance. Crimes like "apostasy" However, he was quick to add that the party is not seriously seeking a dominant position in Finnish politics or the building of an Islamic society here. According to Tammi, the group does not have any contacts with any international Muslim organisation; he emphasised that it has emerged from the needs of Finns. Yes, the Finns are demanding a Finnish Islamic Party. Can you not hear their cries??...??? The organisers of the press conference were native-born Finnish converts, but the group hopes to get supporters from all ethnic groups. Finnish Muslims have only quite recently established an umbrella orgnaisation for various communities - the Finnish Islamic Council. The Council's chair Anas Hajjar did not directly wish to comment on whether an Islamic political party might bring together the roughly 40,000 Muslims living in Finland. A good many Muslims are already active in other political parties. Very active, no doubt. A similarly cautious view was taken by Abdi-Hakim Yasin Ararse, vice-chairman of the Islamic Society of Finland, who welcomed the idea in the sense that all Muslim problems are common. As with Hajjar, the Somali-born Yasin was nevertheless unsure whether an Islamic political grouping was the best means of promoting Islamic culture and the position of the Muslim faith in Finland. He noted that the Finnish Islamic Council sought contacts and cooperation with all political parties. "You are hereby cordially invited to cooperate with our desire to ban alcohol and establish Sharia in Finland. Please RSVP so that we may identify our sycophantic friends and the enemies of Islam." The fruits of "Soft Power" are deadly, and all too real. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #5 Didn't little Finland fight the USSR pretty much to a draw in WWII? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-09-07 22:25 |
| #4 Too right, buwaya. Finns are a Baltic culture—think Lituanians and Estonians—more than they are a Scandihoovian line. Danish 1,2,3 = En, To, Tre Swedish 1,2,3 = Ett, TvÃ¥, Tre Icelandic 1,2,3 = 1. Einn, Tveir, ÞrÃr Norwegian 1,2,3 = Én, To, Tre Finnish 1,2,3 = Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-07 16:02 |
| #3 There's no Viking blood there, no Odin either. These are Finns, not Swedes. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2007-09-07 12:45 |
| #2 Let's look forward to the day when Viking blood reasserts itself, and many Muslims are sacrificed on the altars of Odin. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-09-07 11:09 |
| #1 The lifespan of anyone who bans alcohol in Finland can be measured in nanoseconds. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-09-07 10:03 |