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Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

A young Finnish person reported that British Christian police officer Luke Salmons, 46, won a legal battle against police administration. According to the report, Salmons challenged the claim that Islam is a religion of peace in diversity training and raised questions about jihad, Hamas, and Gaza. He was suspended from work two days after the training, and the police department deemed him guilty of a serious misconduct. Salmons was added to the Police Barred List, which effectively prevented him from working in law enforcement. The young Finnish person wrote that Salmons appealed the decision, and North Yorkshire Chief Constable Tim Forber later determined that it was not a serious misconduct nor a breach of professional standards. Salmons was then removed from the barred list. He subsequently filed a lawsuit for religious discrimination and harassment, as well as for violations of his freedom of religion and speech. North Yorkshire Police settled the matter before it progressed to an employment tribunal, and Salmons received financial compensation from the police. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed in the report. #oikeus #uskonnonvapautta #monimuotoisuus (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 analysis discusses the diesel supply agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, which raises questions about the normalization of economic relations between the United States and Russia, as well as its effects on international politics and European security. #Putin #Trump #diesel (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that the Ilta-Sanomat news about Jaakko Laakso's communication with the Turkish foreign minister reminded him of his trip to Ankara with Mika Aaltola in February 2023. Vanhanen said they had discussed at that time the obstacles and opportunities regarding Finland's NATO membership ratification. Vanhanen stated that based on their assessments from the discussions, Turkey was clearly more positive towards Finland's membership than Sweden's, and that a separate pathway could be opened for Finland. They had made their assessment public and raised the possibility that Finland could advance if necessary before Sweden. According to Vanhanen, the assessment turned out to be correct. He noted that at that time they were not aware that Laakso had already met with the Turkish foreign minister the previous spring and expressed his opposition to Finland's NATO membership. Vanhanen wrote that Laakso's actions raised serious questions: in his view, opposing NATO membership was the right of every Finn, but conveying anti-membership views directly to the Turkish foreign minister was a different matter. Vanhanen believed that the events related to Finland's NATO membership deserved clarification, especially when they raised difficult questions about Finnish actions. https://t.co/XGptAqzYmF #Suomi #Nato #Turkki (translated)

Mats Uotila asked whether the SDP is avoiding difficult questions until they are forgotten. He wrote that neither the party nor Lindtman had yet provided an answer to whether the SDP was committed to cooperation in critical defense materials for Finland's security, and demanded a response. #SDP #puolustus #kysymykset (translated)

Sain kutsun HS:n uuteen nuorista koostuvaan raatiin, joka ruotii eri kysymyksiä. Lämmittelynä kysyttiin nuorten kuuntelemisesta, joka on retorisena temppuna monen poliitikon pakassa. Usein se tarkoittaa sitä, että omia tavoitteita kannattava nuori otetaan maskotiksi tai kilveksi. https://t.co/yiMARIrxuH #nuoret #politiikka #osallistuminen

Moskovassa tapahtui laaja drooni-isku, joka sytytti öljynjalostamon tuleen ja herätti kysymyksiä Venäjän hallinnan kyvystä turvallisuuden osalta, asiantuntijan mukaan tämä viesti on suunnattu sekä tavallisille venäläisille että Kremlin johdolle vaalien aikaan. #UkrainanSota #Venäjä #DroniIsku

Hamasin sanomat suorittaa taas. Razmyariin ollaan hyvästä syystä kohdistettu kysymyksiä mahdollisista lojaliteettiongelmista kaksoiskansalaisuuden ja islamin takia. Mitä vihapuhetta se muka on? Vieläpä ”poikkeuksellisen rajua”!? Täytyy muistaa, että ministerinä Razmyar voisi saada käyttöönsä maan turvallisuuden kannalta kriittistä tietoa. Tässä yhteydessä hänen taustallaan on merkitystä. #politiikka #kaksoiskansalaisuus #turvallisuus

Tulipa vielä mieleen, että mitenkähän Sisä-Suomen poliisilaitoksen ennalta estävä toiminto on määritellyt pirkanmaalaisnuorten ajattelun nimenomaan äärioikeistolaiseksi? Onko nuorilta kysytty kuulusteluissa markkinatalouteen, yksilönvapauteen tai valtion rooliin liittyviä kysymyksiä? #poliisi #nuoret #äärioikeistolaisuus