Sweden closes embassy in Islamabad due to security

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Sweden closes embassy in Islamabad due to security

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hariskhan
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Assalam-o-Alaikum-Warahmat-ULLAH ALL,

DAWN News: Sweden closes embassy in Islamabad due to security

Thursday, 20 May, 2010
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Pakistani police officers bar students from reaching a diplomatic enclave to demonstrate against a Facebook page, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, May 20, 2010. – AP

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's embassy in Islamabad has been closed for more than two weeks due to the security situation in Pakistan, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP Thursday.

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Does this help Muslims all around the world, people of Pakistan as well as other Muslim nation states ?!

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 7:30 #
Shock
Members

"Does this help Muslims all around the world, people of Pakistan as well as other Muslim nation states ?"

This is the question I would like to ask you.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 7:38 #
hkbajwa
Member

Most assuredly not... this is just another thing that will solidify the perception of muslims as mega violent maniacs... definately not what the country or the ummah needs.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 7:39 #
telengr
Member

All the human beings have the potential for becoming mega violent maniacs! If the politest people in the world, the Thai, can produce red shirts, and the civilized Greeks can agitate...every nation can!!!
But does it help muslims, certainly not. Some monetory loss to facebook might be effective.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 7:47 #
haider3
member

What do we care about Sweden, I ask you? Let it go. They've got their people in Afghanistan as well, this once ex-neutral country, now hand-in-glove with NATO. Also Sweden is among the countries with a high Muslim population in EU Europe. Let them deal with this situation. We in Pakistan should just shrug our shoulders and go on to other and better things.

P.S. So that no one thinks I have anything against Sweden as such, one of the bravest pro-Muslim politicians in Europe happens to be the present Mayor of Malmö, the second biggest Swedish town after Stockholm. Three cheers for him. Also some elements in the Swedish Socialist Party, now out of power, are also on the side of the Muslims.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 9:06 #
gv
Member

"Sweden has the highest muslim population in EU Europe" ??????????

see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4385768.stm

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 9:45 #
semirza
Moderator

A peaceful protest is what they are doing till now. Why over exaggerate promoting them to 'mega violent maniacs.' They have a right to protest as their religious emotions and feelings have been hurt.

Sweden closed its embassy in Islamabad for now and will reopen when this issue has cooled down.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 9:56 #
haider3
member

thanks gv, your figures sound better than mine. I quickly went up and modified what I said above. My figures were taken from the Brit magazine Prospect, April 2010, p. 57, where Sweden is credited with the highest population of Muslims in European countries over the 2000-2008 period. I should have known Prospect was talking through its hat as usual.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 10:01 #
pkurducols
Member

The said protesters were peaceful and no violence took place. Even then if decision is taken to close the embassy then it is based on perception only.
So nothing to blame the muslims for protest in this case.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 10:52 #
haider3
member

Thank God, no violence resulted.

Further, gv, I'm the idiot in this. The fastest growing population is what is probably meant, which would reconcile both your BBC Muslim figures and my Prospect figures.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 11:21 #
sweettruth
Member

Thanks God no one died this time by Police firing. Lots of foreign companies have departed from Pakistan mainly due to security fears. Singapore Airlines do no operate anymore from Pakistan. Life Security has become very fragile in Pakistan and International companies do not want to take any risks. It is shameful our country is heading towards isolation.

Talibans, AlQaeda and dozens other similar groups have destroyed Pakistan. We have a very serious disease of terrorism and we are trying to cure with Panadol tablets while this terrorism problem requires massive surgery. Our approach to terrorism problem has been lukewarm and that is why there are so many terrorists who are roaming free throughout the country.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 19:47 #
hariskhan
member

Assalam-o-Alaikum-Warahmat-ULLAH ALL,

We don't have disease of terrorism. We have a disease called 'injustice' in Pakistan.

The terrorism we see in Pakistan is the result of decades of;

(1) injustice
(2) injustice by those who hold power
(3) absence of justice
(4) absence of justice system
(5) absence of system

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 19:52 #
barackosama
Member

.. the Muslim society has experienced injustice in many forms earlier, take Kerbala for instance, however, the reaction to injustice in the ways many Muslims have adopted lately, termed as terrorism is truly unprecedented phenomenon in the Islamic civilization. It has its origins in Tamil Nado and Northern Ireland.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 20:01 #
sweettruth
Member

@hariskhan

We all know you are the strongest supporter of Taliban mafia on this forum. Well, what one can do? You cannot stop supporting talibans and I cannot stop criticizing them. Your logic of injustice is totally wrong. Injustices are common everywhere but it does not mean we should resort to violence or terrorism. Muslim religion has been hijacked by fanatics and they are calling shots. Moderate majority MUST wake up to combat evil forces such as Talibans, AlQaeda, SSP, Jaish Muhammad and many other satanic groups currently operating freely in our society. No angel or Prophet will come from the sky to fix up our problems; we have to rise against these evil forces.

Swedish and other foreigners are scared of what is going on in today’s Pakistan. Where are we heading? We are heading towards isolation and fanatics like you in our society are playing very negative role to further destabilize Pakistan.

Posted 2 years ago on 21 May 2010 21:02 #