The preacher of hate united much of Malmö

When the cobblestones get dizzy in the air, I see Malmö resident Issam approach the hundreds of youths who attack the police.

Try to speak them correctly in Arabic.

Do not listen.

So he leaves and begins, like several other Muslims at the scene, helping the police redirect traffic.

A motorist angrily asks if Issam is a cop. When the answer is no, the motorist accelerates, passes and ends up in the middle between the police and the stoners.

Veiled Woman: “What idiots”

In the next car, two veiled women are sitting in the front seat.

– What idiots, who destroy and attack the police, says one.

In many ways it is a stupid sight when several hundred men run towards the police.

We are talking about the authority that did not allow the right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan to provoke Rosengård, who detained him at the border and then arrested three people for inciting ethnic groups.

In a Danish Facebook group, I see Danes rejoice at how Sweden has acted against Paludan.

Danes: “Thank you Sweden”

“Thank you Sweden”.

“Sweden has gotten strong”.

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you”.

Now the same authority is forced to take cover behind their cars, several are injured, before pursuing the perpetrators.

The violent ones try to make their way into the city but are stopped by the police, who in the last year have also managed to close the way to the serious crime that has plagued the city for a long time.

The number of shootings and explosions has drastically decreased.

Paludan unknowingly succeeded in a large part of Malmö

I decide to move my bike, not to get in the way when large groups come running, roaring “Allahu Akhbar”, or when police cars drive fast and choppy.

Meanwhile, I read comments that Muslims are ashamed of their fellow believers. As if Christians should be ashamed of the preacher of hatred Rasmus Paludan, who has declared that he wants to provoke violence and cleanse the world of Muslims.

Paludan succeeded in something, although perhaps it was not the intention.

It united much of Malmö. On Thursday, Muslims, Jews and Christians came together to flag threats and hatred. Dagens Nyheter reported Rabbi Moshe David HaCohen’s words during the meeting:

– One of the first steps taken by the German Nazis in 1933 was to burn Jewish books, as part of an attempt to erase the existence of a people.

During the stoning, I only hear critical voices about the riots, although most point out that they find it wrong that Paludan’s followers burned the Koran, there are, they point out, other ways to make their voice heard than by beating the police and destroying.

On the way home a few hours later, I cycle through the city. The taverns, the outdoor cafes, the falafel restaurants, the seemingly relaxed atmosphere, or protected by the police, from the violence that is lived a few kilometers away.

In light of Malmö, of the thousands of Malmö residents found, the riots seem pathetic.

TV: Pictures show the destruction after the night riot in Malmö