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Åkesson in new Arab video: Islamism the evil of our time
Published 2023-12-18

When the Sweden Democrats released a video in early November in which party leader Jimmie Åkesson spoke Arabic with the help of AI, it received a lot of attention. On Monday, another video was released with an Arabic-speaking SD leader.

Also in the new video, Jimmie Åkesson turns to Arabic speakers in order to be able to speak directly to them without distorting filters that the media and others like to put in when it concerns the Sweden Democrats.

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The SD leader addresses Sweden's constitution, which stipulates, among other things, freedom of expression and gives every individual the right to say what he thinks and thinks. He also mentions the freedom of religion which, in addition to giving the right to believe in what one wants, also gives the right to avoid religion that intrudes - something that many people in the world, and now Sweden too, find it difficult to accept, notes Åkesson.

- If you can't accept that, then I don't think Sweden is the right country to live in. Then you have to go home to where you came from. Because Sweden will remain a free and democratic country.

The evil of our time
Furthermore, Åkesson says that he thinks it is right to be able to close down mosques where people engage in political and religious extremism, something that has been done in several other comparable countries without problems.

He also makes it clear that he distinguishes between Muslims and Islamists. The latter group, he believes, is the evil of our time that wants to abolish our democracy and freedom of expression and wants to impose their religion on others.

- Its supporters and fellow runners have no business in Sweden, says Åkesson.