One of the casualties of the war in Ukraine will be social rights and the recognition of racialized people in Finland. Are we witnessing more aggressive reporting as a result? Helsingin Sanomat published Wednesday a whole spread about how “over half of the students at several schools in Espoo don’t speak Finnish as their mother
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A Finnish real estate agent wants a picture of the client’s family and information on his religious background
What would you do if a real estate agent asked you the following questions and demand: How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? Send me a picture of your family! What is your religious background? What year did you come to Finland? That real estate agent, who was a
Read on »Kiinteistövälittäjä Espoosta halua kuvan perheestä ja tietoa heidän uskonnolisesta taustasta
Espoolainen kiinteistönvälittäjä ja perussuomalaisten kuntavaaliehdokas haluaa henkilökohtaista tietoa asiakkailta. Husein Hamiid on suomen kansalainen ja asunut Suomessa yli 20 vuotta. Hän lähestyi välittäjää, koska kiinnostui ravintolan ja hotellin vuokraamisesta. Hän sai seuraavan sähköpostiviestin kiinteistövälittäjältä: Hei! Minkä ikäinen olet? Millainen perhe ja lähisuku sinulla on? Mikä on uskonnollinen taustasi ? Kuinka paljon voisit maksaa vuokraa ravintolasta
Read on »Two bullying cases in Finland, two standards by the police and society
Who can forget the 10-year-old girl allegedly bullied and physically attacked in a Northern Espoo school by her classmate(s) for wearing a hijab? When the incident occurred, the police quickly denied that racism was a factor in the bullying. Considering that too often the police months, if not years, to resolve racism cases, in the
Read on »Another firework is thrown at the Al-Ikhlas mosque on Thursday
Another firework was thrown late Thursday evening at the Al-Ikhlas mosque of Espo, Finland, reports Supapress News from Finland in Arabic.
Read on »What message does the prank against the Al-Ikhlas mosque in Espoo send?
What are we to think about the event late-Friday when two unidentified Finns threw a firecracker, according to the police, outside a mosque where people were celebrating the holy month of Ramadan?
Read on »Länsi Uusimaa Police: Artefact that exploded near a mosque was “a firework”
The Länsi Uusimaa Police tweeted two and a half days later after the Al-Ikhlas mosque was targeted by a firecracker that thrown late Friday night next to the Al-Ikhlas mosque in the Espoo neighborhood of Leppävaara.
Read on »Suapress News from Finland in Arabic: Two sound grenades hurled inside a mosque in Espoo
During Friday prayers during Ramadan, two Finns drove next to the Ikhals mosque in the Espoo neighborhood of Leppävaara and threw at 23.20 two sound grenades, according to Finnish-based online publication Suapress News from Finland in Arabic.
Read on »Facebook Sarkawt Khalil: A pizzeria owner’s car gets vandalized in Espoo
This Facebook post was published with permission. See original posting here.
Read on »10-year-old Muslim girl of Espoo: The police say one thing while others say another
In earlier statements and interviews to the media, the Finnish police have claimed the presence of “wild” rumors about a ten-year-old girl, who was assaulted. The picture with the girl on social media had text that claimed that her hijab, or veil, was torn off and that she was left unconscious after being hit by four roughly same-aged classmates.
Read on »Restaurant owner alleges that two Roma and a white Finn are being held as suspects by the police for the arson attack in Espoo
A pizzeria owned by a Bangladeshi in Espoo was attacked today by three suspects who threw petrol bombs, which caused extensive damage to the pizzeria as well as to the building, has left the owners devastated. The owner and his wife are Muslims and were coming back from an Eid celebration to the restaurant.
Read on »Pizzeria owned by Bangladeshi is a target of an arson attack Sunday
A pizzeria owned by a Bangladeshi in Espoo was attacked today by two suspects who threw petrol bombs causing extensive damage to the pizzeria as well as to the building, according to Helsingin Sanomat. The police have brought into custody “a few suspects.” They said that the fire was started intentionally.
Read on »Kokoomus MP still points accusing finger at migrant women for buying new baby carriages
Even if parliamentary elections are in April, some politicians, like National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP and Espoo city councilwoman Pia Kauma, are openly attacking migrants. She’s the conservative politician who stated on Friday that migrants shouldn’t buy new baby carriages with welfare money. Kauma got an opportunity on Monday to present her case on YLE’s A-Studio.
Read on »Espoo city council votes against racism
A proposal by the Perussuomalaiset (PS) to rewrite the City of Espoo’s multicultural programme because it stated that city residents “don’t tolerate racism” were voted down 64-10, reports Länsiväylä. Two PS councilmen, Simon Elo (left) and Teemu Lahtinen, loathe Muslims and cultural diversity. Read full story (in Finnish) here. If one reads closely the position of the PS, an anti-EU, anti-immigration
Read on »Finland also locks up asylum seeker children
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- A child in the Joutseno Immigration Removal Center.
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