God forbids and God permits.
As you know we don't eat pork,
but we eat all other meat.
We don't drink alcohol, but we
drink all other sorts of drink.
We don't have unmarried sex, but we
do marry and reproduce, we have -
- families and a society we live in.
We don't listen to music, but we -
- listen to the Koran and other things
which our religion allows.
And that is why I see my religion
as the true and only way -
- and solution for mankind,
and even as the way to paradise.
00:02:32:15= Titles =
Children of Islam
A film by Renzo Aneröd
And Bo Harringer
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00:03:30:19
= Rap Lyrics =
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Devils ecstasy! Albright is speaking in tongues.
Clintons' lies fills his nose with blood.
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USA - United Satans Army,
shines under the dark aura of the Illuminati.
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Polluted wars, like the chemistry
in Death's service. Laboratory of Iraq.
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Civilians gassed to death in experiments.
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Göran Persson (The prime minister)
is an ass licking underdog to -
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- George W Bush.
Horse-fucking-addicts and opium dealers, -
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- are digging graves in Afghanistan –
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- because two planes
flattened South Manhattan.
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Three silent minutes
for Mother Earth.
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00:04:25:07
= Karwan in a sofa =
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To be honest, it is no wonder there
are so many suicide-bombers.
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I pity the little kid.
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They weren't even armed,
they were completely innocent.
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They didn't even have stones in
their hands and they shoot them.
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It makes you mad.
What the hell is going on?
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It builds up a lot of hatred.
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They are to be crushed to bits.
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Starting with USA and then Israel.
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I'm not talking about aeroplanes.
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I'm talking about extinction.
It's the only way.
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But in the end they will
collapse anyway.
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That has always been the way
with peoples that had power.
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They have risen, they build and build ...
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... like the World Trade Center,
they built, built, built, then ...
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= Ahmed in blue room=
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My name is Ahmed and I am from Iraq.
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I call myself a practising Muslim.
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- And by that you mean ...
- That I pray and fulfil my duties.
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But we aren't welcome here, -
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- the western world
is against us.
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That lead to many believing
the words of Usama Bin Laden.
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They seem true, about
the western world and the USA.
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He doesn't say that Christians and
Jews should be killed for no reason, -
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- he says: "Leave my country, and
we can live in peace."
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00:07:02:10
= Karwan at rehearsal =
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We don't want to exploit Islam –
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- write a lot about it to brainwash people, -
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- but we try to show
that we two are Muslims.
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If we talk about
Islam and then misbehave, -
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- people will think that
all Muslims are like that.
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00:07:29:12
= Sajaa at the boxing gym =
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My name is Sajaa and I'm from Iraq.
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Islam is my religion.
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My parents are Muslim -
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- and we have always been taught that -
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- this is the right religion.
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My parents are very religious.
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00:07:59:02
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Boxing seemed a bit controversial
to start with.
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Girl - veil - boxing: a bit strange!
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Then I felt that I just had to start boxing.
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I seemed to have too much stress,
I needed to get out of my system.
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Afterwards, when you've had a shower -
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- and a breath of fresh air -
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- you feel like newly born.
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Would you like to compete some day?
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Maybe, if it's possible to compete
with a veil on.
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It doesn't matter that I'm a
Muslim girl, wearing a veil and boxing.
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On the contrary,
it is smart, cool, unique.
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It's my style.
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Although there may be people who -
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- want to shoot me for doing this.
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00:09:45:02
= Anas holding a lecture =
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We are one billion and
you are one of these.
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There are Muslims on every continent, -
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- in every area of the whole world.
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The world's most common name is
Muhammad (Salah La Alah Sele).
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One billion Muslims.
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A nation which the prophet
Muhammad (Salah La Alah Sele...), -
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He describes us as
one unified body.
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If that body hurts in one place,
so does the rest.
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If the body gets a headache,
then the foot hurts as well.
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But at the same time our blood is
the cheapest on this earth.
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Many of you do not know about the
catastrophes, the murders and rapes, -
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- the houses destroyed and the
children grilled before their mothers, -
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- a woman raped and a father
who blows up his family -
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- because he can not accept the
shame of his wife being raped.
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This happens in Palestine, Cashmere,
Afghanistan, Tjetjnia, in Iraq -
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- count any number you like
of Muslim catastrophes.
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Of all nations that exist in this world, -
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- Muslims are the most humiliated,
the most downcast.
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Nobody listens to us,
nobody even Cares –
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- and we are a billion.
One billion.
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How many are the Jews,
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does anybody know?
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About 15 million,
less than 20 million.
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15 million humiliate a thousand
million. Is that a joke?
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If we put all Jews in a queue and spit
on them, they would pass out.
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But still it is us -
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- they call terrorists.
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00:11:41:16
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If a woman prays
her five daily Prayers, –
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- observes Ramadan,
obeys her husband, -
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- guards her chastity,
purity and modesty, -
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- it will be said to her:
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"Step into paradise through
any of the gates you choose."
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This is not difficult:
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Pray five times a day, fast at
Ramadan and obey your husband.
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Some say: "why should I obey my
husband, he should obey me!"
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If you find such a man,
phone me!
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Allah did not create man and woman alike.
They are not equal.
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Islam does not call for equality.
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It even says, in the Koran,
that we are not equal.
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Now the Swedes will condemn us,
and if they listened to Anas on TV -
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- they would probably go insane.
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It is wrong to demand equality
between men and women, -
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- because they are not the same.
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If that were so, all women should
play American football and ice hockey.
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= Sajaa at work =
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Let's see. This is almost empty.
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I work here at Agora.
That is a Centre -
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- where young girls can come
if they need help, -
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- if they have problems at home
or are threatened in any way.
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Since primeval times
Women have been given –
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- a certain place in society,
and men have always been a step ahead.
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That is wrong.
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Although some women
accept domination and oppression.
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These traditional rules that
have become an instinct:
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No, I won't do this
because it is Haram, Forbidden.
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My husband won't let me,
my brother won't let me, my father won't let me ...
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... and suddenly life has slipped away.
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If you were married and
your husband told you -
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- you must stay at home, you can't work,
what would you have done?
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I would have thrown him out.
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Yes, I would actually do that.
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But if you marry, must it
be with a Muslim?
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If I could decide…
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It wouldn't matter.
But as things are today, -
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- he would be Muslim.
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But he needn't
be a believer or practising Muslim.
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But if you fell in love
with a Christian bloke?
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Then I would be in trouble
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You don't really control your
feelings, so this could happen.
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Sometimes it is difficult to
understand religion, really ...
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= Ahmed playing football =
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What's happening now, Ahmed?
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I play with the society.
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We do that
two, three times a month.
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Because we don't just want to meet
and socialise at the lectures.
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Football is a way
to socialise with others.
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So that you get some exercise,
while socializing.
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Who is your idol?
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I have no idols.
My idol is the Prophet, nobody else.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic?
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I like Zlatan, his techniques,
but not as an idol.
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I like him and watch his matches, -
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- not just Zlatan but the whole
Sweden-team, Henke, Ljungberg ...
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Today is my wife's wedding.
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Only for girls.
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In Islam we have separate weddings,
one for women and one for men.
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... Falludjah ...
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So what happens at your wedding?
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It is like a normal dinner party.
A few more people, more dishes ...
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So at your wife's wedding
you play football?
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That just happened today.
It's not a tradition.
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Are you happy now?
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Yes, you might say that.
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Is it something you have
been yearning for?
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I know what you mean.
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Are you in love?
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Yes, I am, actually.
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Ahmed's wedding
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= Karwan at home =
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I haven't been in Iraq since 1996
after I came to Sweden.
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Are you parents worried?
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Yes, they are frightened because
they watch Iraqi TV a lot.
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They often show people
getting kidnapped, -
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- blackmailed, bomb attacks, -
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- shots against
European cars and foreigners.
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The point is, I have lived
in Sweden for 9 years, -
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- and those years have
meant a lot to me.
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You become a little Swedish.
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You know the rules although you
don't eat pork or drink alcohol.
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I feel at home here.
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Probably more than I would
in my home country, -
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- although I am a Kurd in my heart
and blood. I could never deny that.
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I am proud to be Kurdish,
but I am not a nationalist.
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It leads to prejudice and hatred.
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As an immigrant,
why should you be a nationalist?
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Why then did you leave your country?
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Why did you come to Sweden?
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Go back to bloody Iraq,
do something sensible there!
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So I haven't got the Kurdish flag
at home, nor the Swedish flag either.
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Why not take both.
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No, but I have a picture of Al Capone.
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Bye, bye Göteborg.
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See you in a month!
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00:19:52:22
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Debate on
religious private schools
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00:19:59:23
= Lecturers =
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We are beginning now.
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Something is in charge up there.
What is it?
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It is called God, it is called Allah,
or something else. I don't care.
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Children don't belong to
any religion or politics.
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(English speaking lecturer)
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People have the right to choose
a religion, to practise a religion.
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But when the practice conflicts
with children's and women's rights, -
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- then I want the state to intervene.
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00:20:41:00
= Muslim outside =
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She doesn't know what
she is talking about.
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She draws women's lib into religion.
She gets it mixed up.
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In Iran she wouldn't live
for another two minutes.
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They would kill her on the spot.
But this of course is a "free country".
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It is right to kill somebody, but -
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- the way she talks,
confusing feeling and religion,
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Emotion is something else,
you must decide what is right.
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00:21:05:19
= Anas lookin