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There is a statement in the In politics section that cites the Daily Sabah. I can't help but think that the Daily Sabah, with its ties to Erdoğan and the religiously conservative AKP, is non-neutral and biased when it comes to the topic in question. Furthermore, the cited article features well-known cranks such as Lena Hellblom Sjögren and Siv Westerberg, but the Daily Sabah refers to them as experts. Sainmaa ( talk) 11:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
invalid as a 'hate crime', it is an expression of freedom of speech and likely does not constitute any crime unlike the arsons. 36.83.190.149 ( talk) 06:37, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
As a Swedish Wikipedia contributor who follows Swedish politics closely on a daily basis I am concerned about the quality of this article. The idea that the anti-terrorist law has led many innocent Muslims to have been arrested with little to no probable cause is pure speculation and not fitting of a Wikipedia article. There is also no source for this claim. In the Politics section it's stated "According to Swedish writer J. Lester Feder, anti-immigration sentiments in Sweden are often tied in with the idea of counterjihad and a fear that the "nation [will] collapse beneath the weight of Muslim immigration." First of all; he is not a Swedish author, and his claim is an fringe opinion that does not belong in Wikipedia. The referenced article in BuzzFeed is old an outdated. It was not really relevant in the first place and much less so now. When it comes to the mentioned hate crime such as the stabbing in 1993 it is more likely that this was motivated by race than by religion. Another reference to John Ausonius has already correctly been removed. Bjorn.Hakansson ( talk) 20:16, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Several of the incidents listed aren't "hate crimes"—and even if they were, they're not "Islamaphobic" according to any of the cited sources. A few examples:
Those are just the most obvious. As with Järfälla fire, unless all attacks on mosques are inherently "Islamaphobic", it's not even clear that all of the various "mosque attacks" listed are necessarily "Islamaphobic". And the article as a whole has numerous problems: alleged "Bosnian genocide denial" is not de facto "Islamophobic", nor does the cited source suggest it is. "Stereotypes" are largely accurate and not prima facie evidence of "Islamophobia"—the issue is whether they lead to mistreatment of individuals based solely on religious beliefs. Opinions about and criticism of immigration policies is not "Islamophobia" unless is it rooted in a hatred of Muslims. Last but hardly least, as seen in the examples above, our entire article is riddled with sloppy conflations of racism and "Islamophobia".
I would suggest beginning with the removal of the above three items, as none of them can accurately be described as "Islamophobic hate crimes"—nor are they even described as such by the cited sources. The material fails WP:V and has no place in our encyclopedia.
Thanks and look forward to discussing further! Ekpyros ( talk) 20:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
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There is a statement in the In politics section that cites the Daily Sabah. I can't help but think that the Daily Sabah, with its ties to Erdoğan and the religiously conservative AKP, is non-neutral and biased when it comes to the topic in question. Furthermore, the cited article features well-known cranks such as Lena Hellblom Sjögren and Siv Westerberg, but the Daily Sabah refers to them as experts. Sainmaa ( talk) 11:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
invalid as a 'hate crime', it is an expression of freedom of speech and likely does not constitute any crime unlike the arsons. 36.83.190.149 ( talk) 06:37, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
As a Swedish Wikipedia contributor who follows Swedish politics closely on a daily basis I am concerned about the quality of this article. The idea that the anti-terrorist law has led many innocent Muslims to have been arrested with little to no probable cause is pure speculation and not fitting of a Wikipedia article. There is also no source for this claim. In the Politics section it's stated "According to Swedish writer J. Lester Feder, anti-immigration sentiments in Sweden are often tied in with the idea of counterjihad and a fear that the "nation [will] collapse beneath the weight of Muslim immigration." First of all; he is not a Swedish author, and his claim is an fringe opinion that does not belong in Wikipedia. The referenced article in BuzzFeed is old an outdated. It was not really relevant in the first place and much less so now. When it comes to the mentioned hate crime such as the stabbing in 1993 it is more likely that this was motivated by race than by religion. Another reference to John Ausonius has already correctly been removed. Bjorn.Hakansson ( talk) 20:16, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Several of the incidents listed aren't "hate crimes"—and even if they were, they're not "Islamaphobic" according to any of the cited sources. A few examples:
Those are just the most obvious. As with Järfälla fire, unless all attacks on mosques are inherently "Islamaphobic", it's not even clear that all of the various "mosque attacks" listed are necessarily "Islamaphobic". And the article as a whole has numerous problems: alleged "Bosnian genocide denial" is not de facto "Islamophobic", nor does the cited source suggest it is. "Stereotypes" are largely accurate and not prima facie evidence of "Islamophobia"—the issue is whether they lead to mistreatment of individuals based solely on religious beliefs. Opinions about and criticism of immigration policies is not "Islamophobia" unless is it rooted in a hatred of Muslims. Last but hardly least, as seen in the examples above, our entire article is riddled with sloppy conflations of racism and "Islamophobia".
I would suggest beginning with the removal of the above three items, as none of them can accurately be described as "Islamophobic hate crimes"—nor are they even described as such by the cited sources. The material fails WP:V and has no place in our encyclopedia.
Thanks and look forward to discussing further! Ekpyros ( talk) 20:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)