I am a Muslim, and I disagreed with Salwan Momika's burning of the Quran in public, but I completely reject and condemn the act of killing a human because of his thoughts or beliefs, or even because he burned the Quran! Freedom of thought and freedom of belief should be guaranteed for all. Those who committed this crime must be arrested and appropriately punished. If they are Muslims (which is highly likely), then they are a disgrace to Islam and a source of shame to all Muslims. As a young human rights activist, in 2006, I advocated for the freedom of a fellow blogger and activist, who was also an atheist. He got arrested and tortured by the Egyptian regime only because of the anti-Islam opinions written on his blog. I supported his freedom to speak, even if this included opposing or criticizing my own religion. I have friends whom I call family. The majority of them are not Muslims, and some of them are atheists. Some of them are very critical of my religion, but we are great friends because we base our interactions and communications on the fact that we all belong to the same human family, and every one of us is free to believe or follow whatever school of thought he/she wants. Out of sympathy, I can understand why Salwan hated Islam. He could not tolerate the violence practiced worldwide under the flag of Islam and justified by old barren texts that some label as holly. For him, and for many others, this cannot be called a religion of peace. Some of those who felt offended by Salwan's act of burning the Quran have filed legal claims against him already. Some others just decided they were above the law, and they had to kill him in praise of Allah! They just proved his point right: "Islam is not a religion of peace." Yet, the most shocking part for me in the #SalwanMomika incident is that he was killed in a Western country where liberalism and freedom should be the norm... perhaps before these great values were hijacked and abused by the Islamists, the enemies of freedom and the enemies of humanity. #Sweden #Europe #Salwan_Momika #سلون_موميكا #القرآن #الإسلام #السويد #الحرية
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