"Hate preacher" invited to speak in Sigtuna - stopped by the municipality (link in Swedish):
gåggle translated - from Swedish State TV News:
The radical Muslim preacher Haitham al-Haddad has been called "hatpredikant" and made a name for statements about Jews, female circumcision, homosexuality and Sharia law. On Saturday, he was invited by Märsta young Muslims to lecture in Sigtuna. The lecture will be held in the municipal premises but stopped now of Sigtuna.
Märsta young Muslims writes on its Facebook page that they invite the preacher Haitham al-Haddad with "great pleasure" and that the conference lectures to be "characterized by a couple of lectures dealing with Muslim identity and the balance between the Islamic Sharia and Western society. "
Defends stoning
But Haitham al-Haddad, a resident of the UK, is very questionable. The Muslim preacher has, among other things, defended stoning as punishment for adultery.
In several clips on Youtube seen Haitham al-Haddad's controversial opinions clearly. When Haitham al-Haddad asked if he really thinks it is acceptable that women who have committed adultery punishable by stoning, he answers:
- It is a punishment that is used in both men and women. I have not said that this type of punishment should only be used on women. If the offense has been made by a man he should be stoned to death.
When asked if he thinks it is an acceptable punishment for adultery, he says:
- Yes, this is the Muslim penalty.
- If I had committed the crime, if I committed adultery, then I would like to be stoned, he says later.
The municipality backs
The conference was scheduled to be held in Sigtuna Municipality's premises but after that the municipality became aware of the preacher has got cold feet. Anna Jernberg Carlson, Press Officer at Sigtuna Municipality, said that today learned of the preacher and that it now stops the lecture.
- You will not get to hold conference in municipal premises. After tracing on speaker so we see that this type of speaker is not in accordance with the agreement we had, says Anna Jernberg Carlson, press officer for the municipality of Sigtuna, and continues:
- It's about his views on Jews and homosexuals, for example.
Märsta young Muslims have already received their membership frozen in the umbrella organization of Sweden's Young Muslims. The reason is to not informed of foreign lecturers who are invited to lectures.
Swedish Television News has unsuccessfully sought Association Märsta young Muslims.
He has visited Denmark and Norway several times as well. In Denmark hosted by Muslim Youth in Denmark (MUNIDA) connected to Danish Islamic Society (Islamisk Trossamfund).
Here he is seen in Norway at the 2013 Islamic Peace Conference, Speaker is Norwegian Muslim Fahad Qureshi from Norwegian Islam Net:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV710c1dgpU
Topic: Sweden: City council refuses to host UK Islamic preacher Haitham al-Haddad