Flying the Isis flag is legal, Sweden declares

Coming from those who brought you:
Sweden is now rewarding ISIS fighters (ATS)
Comes: Flying the Isis flag is legal, Sweden declares(Telegraph)

(The flag in question)

Flying the Isis flag in Sweden is not illegal and cannot be considered an incitement to racial hatred, according to a Swedish prosecutor.

Apparently a man was reported to police for posing with an ISIS flag and posting the photo on Facebook. His defence is: "the flag has been used as a symbol of Islam for hundreds of years and then abused by ISIS" However I feel like a person who wasn't of faith who posed with a swastika "because it was an international symbol of peace for hundreds of years until abused by the Nazi's" would fair rather differently and would probably be plenty ridiculed.

To be fair in the United Kingdom it is legal to fly any flag you like in the UK as long as you aren't using it to incite racial hatred, however, you must wonder how thick somebody is to pose with this flag and not state they denounce ISIS, only identifying with the flag on a pre-ISIS basis.

Yet in this particular case the prosecutor contradicted herself saying waving the ISIS flag

"is not an expression of disrespect towards any ethnic group," she said, because Isis is "against everyone except those who belong to Isis"

When surely this is instead an expression of disrespect to all ethnic groups because simply because "Isis is against everyone".

It seems like the world is permanently stuck on backwards day. I wanna break already.

Good way to catch the buggers declare it legal and then go around arresting them all.
I hope that is the idea anyhow.

While I believe they have every right to take back the flag...
There are many other Islamic flags to parade if that's what you like doing.

This was obviously eristic in nature though, in my opinion.
Nobody would do this without wanting to be controversial...
No matter how bad you want to reclaim something.

originally posted by: TheKnightofDoom
Good way to catch the buggers declare it legal and then go around arresting them all.
I hope that is the idea anyhow.

Arrest them for what, if it is as you say "legal"???

Thought crime?

You been drinking again mate.

so sweden has kept freedom of speech, opinion, something the op obviously wants ended.

as pointed out, nice way to advertise yourself for a watchlist.

a reply to: TheKnightofDoom

Unfortunately Europe seems to be pussyfooting around ISIS and I feel Muslims in general for fear of reprisal (excluding france who were pretty ragey and just stomped on what they could) so I must doubt that this is the case.

a reply to: Hazardous1408

Yup I have or it's a good way for the intelligence services to spot trouble.

Oh and all the Muslims I know would want anyone arrested for flying that flag...they get mad man when they see their religion used by the garbage that is ISIS.

originally posted by: TheKnightofDoom
a reply to: Hazardous1408

Yup I have

or it's a good way for the intelligence services to spot trouble.

Oh and all the Muslims I know would want anyone arrested for flying that flag...they get mad man when they see their religion used by the garbage that is ISIS.

Have one for me mate I've been sober for 2 months.


For sure it raises a flag. (Pun not intended)

With that said, "reasonable suspicion" would no doubt be allowed if someone was parading the ISIS flag.

Bits of colored cloth.

Who invented the idea of a flag anyway?

a reply to: Hazardous1408

They would get a right kicking around here from the real Muslims.

a reply to: DodgyDawg

Well, if dummies want to fly the flag then they know who to watch.

a reply to: DodgyDawg

It should be illegal.

A blank background with written on top:

NO GOD BUT GOD

And then below that, in a circle:

GOD
MESSENGER
MUHAMMAD

Is now representative of ISIS to the exclusion of all other muslimness?
I'm kinda with Sweden on this.