As a Swedish citizen, I want to express my most humblest apologies to the Muslim community for the burning of the Koran in my country. I would never do such a thing and neither would most Swedish people. I hope you can forgive us for not handling the group who are doing this in a better way.

I also strongly urge the Swedish government to apologize clearly and humbly, as well as to act firmly and swiftly to stop the small minority who are burning the Koran in our country.

It’s one thing to have a debate on religion and people are allowed to have their opinion. It’s a whole other thing to burn a book which is not only considered as holy, but is also a basis for the law of many countries. Imagine if a group in a country somewhere would burn the Swedish law book, Sveriges Rikes Lag. We would be equally upset and have the right to be so.

I want to express one thing, which might be difficult to hear for some people, with the hope of achieving a greater understanding for what is going on. It’s NOT an excuse for the act of burning the Koran! That is truly despicable.

But, I want to express that I do understand that some people feel threatened by the large group of new, Swedish citizens who are believers in Islam. It’s just human emotions. Sweden has experienced a large flow of refugees from the Muslim world in a very short time period. Integration and getting used to one another takes more time than we have had. Some people are feeling overrun etc, and I guess that this lies behind some of what it going on right now.

But the majority of Swedish people do not at all agree with the burning of the Koran. Many of us are also happy to welcome people from all over the world to our country, and doing our best to make our special situation work for everyone involved. I hope that our government takes responsibility and show this to the world, today! That we open a dialogue, as well with other countries as within our own. It’s obvious that we need it!