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Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

Non-fiction writer Ari Haasio said that there would be no Finns without immigration. He described Finland's story as a narrative of its people: they had changed both society and the notion of Finnishness, and they did not remain stagnant. https://t.co/JVAY5tRSDC #maahanmuutto #Suomi #kulttuuri #FI (translated)

Keijo Kaarisade wrote that when condemning the oppression of women, it was agreed, in his opinion, to speak vaguely about religions and cultures without referring to Islam. He criticized that a member of the National Coalition Party had been assigned to the matter and they themselves had followed along, and said that he would have to explain the issue to the imam again with Petteri. https://t.co/bbPqxHiqBm #naistenoikeudet #uskonto #kulttuuri (translated)

Jari Sarasvuo asked what was going on and wrote that respecting different worldviews as well as commitment to common rules and culture helped build a better future without discrimination or forced relocations. According to him, Western culture was based on mutual respect, tolerance, and trust. Sarasvuo urged to hold on to these ideals and encouraged Sukkolaa and Juha Itkonen. #kulttuuri #suvaitsevaisuus #yhteisö (translated)

Yaron Nadbornik criticized Heikki Hiilamo's column published in Yleisradio, stating that it presented a one-sided image connecting the actions of Israel's leadership, Finnish Christian groups, and Minister Antti Häkkänen's visit to the structures of oppression. Nadbornik argued that the column's treatment of Israel and Zionism made Jews collectively responsible and expanded the criticism to also include Israel's supporters and Jews in general. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo's text divided the parties into white and Christian oppressors and non-white and Muslim victims. He said this framing overlooked the Jewish roots, history, and vulnerability in the Middle East, as well as the fact that millions of people from various backgrounds lived in Israel. He also believed that the framework wrongly fit the conflict into a narrative of Western colonialism and racism and presented Israel as a refuge for a people without another homeland. Nadbornik wrote that the prejudices against Jews were based on their otherness. He noted that studies had shown that Jews living in the diaspora were unjustly held accountable for the actions of the state of Israel. He argued that Hiilamo's rhetoric, which connected Christian groups and ministerial visits with the suffering in Gaza, reinforced this framework. Nadbornik recalled the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, describing it as a massacre involving rapes, mutilations, and the abduction of civilians, including babies, festival-goers, and the elderly, into Israel. He called it the largest single act of violence against Jews since the Holocaust. According to Nadbornik, Hiilamo overlooked the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah openly sought the destruction of Israel in connection with Israel's military actions. He believed that framing the terror attack merely as a security threat or comparing it to Russia's invasion of Ukraine ignored the rights of Israeli citizens to exist and be protected. https://t.co/PFvBFdaoiQ #Israel #Juutalaiset #Rasismi (translated)

Klaus said he had responded to a user named Sukkola, who he claimed had blocked him. He stated that his criticism was directed at Said Aw-Musse's position as a religious authority rather than at his personal actions. Klaus described classical Sunni Islam as a tradition in which sharia is seen as divinely ordained and as a legal system superior to human laws. According to him, it included legal, moral, and social rules regarding, among other things, testimony, inheritance, apostasy, and legislative authority. Klaus wrote that Aw-Musse had studied theology in Saudi Arabia and worked in a mosque where the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab had been used. He described this figure as an ultra-conservative thinker who demanded the return of Islam to its literal roots. According to Klaus, Aw-Musse's refusal to clarify his position on the primacy of Finnish law and the status of sharia justified suspicion. Merely following the law, in his opinion, did not indicate whether he considered the constitutional order of Finland to be just and final or a temporary imposition. Klaus expressed a desire to know what kind of Finland Aw-Musse envisioned in 50 or 100 years. Klaus believed that questions regarding women's rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and criminal law were not leading him into a trap but were inquiries into whether Aw-Musse accepted the principles of the Finnish rule of law. He deemed Aw-Musse's public stance significant for its societal relevance due to his religious role. According to Klaus, integration required not only adherence to the law but also acceptance of fundamental values. #uskonto #oikeudet #kulttuuri (translated)

Mikael Lith wrote that, in his opinion, the center of Helsinki has become more unpleasant in recent years, especially on weekend evenings. He described loud and swearing groups of people, individuals under the influence of substances, and rundown places. According to Lith, there was an increasing need for police and security guards, and he estimated that it wouldn't be long before Helsinki would become Finland's Birmingham. #Helsinki #yhteiskunta #kulttuuri (translated)

Lucia-pulla stated that she had posed several questions to Said Awmuss, to which she had not received answers. She had asked, among other things, what kinds of hobbies Muslim girls could engage in and whether twerking, hip-hop, and ballet were acceptable. Additionally, she inquired about the attitude towards dating a Finnish Christian, marrying a Jew or a Hindu, and the Muslim Brotherhood. On the day of Aleksis Kivi and Finnish literature, Lucia-pulla asked what the Finnish language, literature, and culture meant to Said Awmuss, and urged him to discuss it with her. She also wrote that Islam was not a race or ethnicity but a religion or ideology, and considered discussing racism in this context misleading. According to her, no one is born a Muslim. #uskonto #kulttuuri #kysymykset (translated)

The citizenship law will undergo a strict change when the new citizenship test is implemented in March 2024, requiring applicants to demonstrate knowledge of the basic structures, values, and culture of Finnish society in addition to language skills. #kansalaisuuskoe #maahanmuutto #Suomi (translated)

Juha Keto asked why half of the native Finns still voted for the left, which he claimed was driving Finland into chaos. He wondered whether this was due to stupidity or hatred towards Finnish cultural heritage, and asked if it had been so terrible in Finland that the voters wanted hell in its place. #politiikka #Suomi #kulttuuri (translated)

The Bureaucrat of the Day wrote that the art treasures of the Louvre should be moved to safety from France. He mentioned that he had omitted words prohibited by censorship laws from his text and predicted that a crowd could someday burn the museum and destroy the cultural heritage accumulated over centuries. He estimated that art might later be destroyed under the guidance of religious rules and considered that moving it was necessary to prevent damage. #taide #kulttuuriperintö #Ranska (translated)

Mika Merano asked Alan whether he would consider it more meaningful to refer to present-day Finland or Iraq, Eastern Syria, and the southeastern part of Turkey, that is, the regions of present-day Mesopotamia, as a developing country. He justified his question by stating that, according to his assumption, no one currently alive was born in ancient Mesopotamia. #kehitysmaa #historia #kulttuuri (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, the climate did not force girls into marriage or anything similar. He blamed parents and culture for this and described them in a strongly derogatory manner. https://t.co/qAyDBVnGOj #naistenoikeudet #perheväkivalta #kulttuuri (translated)

Suvi-Anne Siimes considered the cheaper subscription aimed at young people a good and commendable idea. However, she wondered if the articles aimed at reaching young readers had to be naive and lacking a historical perspective. According to Siimes, this was unfortunately often the case. https://t.co/zi3Qpoy0bO #nuoret #lukeminen #kulttuuri (translated)

Matti H. Virtanen wrote that he finds it special that people labeled as racists do not need to be named, even though problems in journalism are usually identified in order to solve them. He pondered whether racism would then be seen as an abstract evil residing in everyone. Virtanen referred to Timo R. Stewart's column in Yle, which stated in its title that a racist has nothing useful to say about social issues. According to Virtanen, religions, beliefs, and cultures are not related to skin color or other racial characteristics, and comparing and evaluating them is acceptable civic discourse. He argued that "From the River to the Sea – all Women shall be Free" is not a racist appeal, even though opponents of equality might claim otherwise. #journalismi #kulttuuri #yhteiskunta (translated)

Martti Paldanius claimed that one of the greatest threats to women in Finland was the prevalence of cultures where violence against women was accepted. According to him, Virta did not speak about this. Paldanius wrote that Finland should not accept violence against women. #kulttuuri (translated)