[fse-esf] On mosques and similar issues God jul och Gott nytt å r!

[Tord Bj ö rk]

This reply below before christmas to an answer on our wish for a happy
christmas and happy new year bounced back as i was out travelling and could
not send emails to this list from internet. As it includes some information
regarding religous behaviour in Sweden it might still be of some interest.
In general of course Sweden uses the christmas for sacrificies to the good
of consumption, and yes this year our dear organisation of Industry and
Employers made a advertising campaign telling us that consumption was a holy
act enabling us all to feel happiness and bring the society forward. As we
all know spending much money on consumptions bring automatically growth that
automatically will bring technological solutions that will benefit all on
earth bringing social justice and environmental solutions to all of us. See
this was really an ideological christmas gift from our dear friends helped
by many small hard working liberal newspaper editors. Guess what country is
coordinating the neoliberal think tanks globally? Yes you right it is from
Sweden.


Tord Björk


Den 07-12-23 21.26, skrev "yvn879q at tninet.se" <yvn879q at tninet.se>:

> Thankyou for your valuable information. So happy ending of Festival of
> sacrifies. By the way, there is a mosque in Malmö. As Swedes tend to be the
> most secular nation on earth according to most studies we tend to believe
> in the notion "låt var och en bli salig på sin fason", an old saying since
> long time ago saying something like "let everyone be blessed in their own
> way". So it is good to include different blessings, whether Christian or
> Muslim, Shaman or the way atheist and only rational people might find ways
> to give blessings to their fellow beings.
> 
> Behind the layer of Christian holy days is of course as well older nordic
> traditions which we might come back to when ESF now finally have decided to
> enlarge itself by going North. I guess though that a main point with the
> message was to say that no it is Christmas and New Year holidays and that
> is a period when secular and religious Swedes do not do anything so you
> will probable not hear from us until next year, but than our the work ethis
> in this country shared by most secular or non-secular, muslim or christian,
> will make us effective again the way old Luther told us.
> 
> Your humble European contact person and bricolage anthropologist, Tord Björk
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: F. Levent Þensever lewoxx at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:56:36 +0200
> To: tord.bjork at mjv.se, fse-esf at lists.fse-esf.org
> Subject: Re: [fse-esf] God jul och Gott nytt å r!
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I'm not religious and therefore not in such an expectation personaly, but
> since we are in Europe, and we hopefully believe that it's not a Christian
> Europe only, it would not be bad to congratulate the religious fest of the
> Muslims in Europe (Festival of Sacrifices), too.Today it's the fourth and
> the last day.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Levent Sensever
> 
> 2007/12/23, Tord Björk <tord.bjork at mjv.se>:
>> 
>> We in the Contact Group for Europe and the World wish you God jul och Gott
>> nytt år! (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)
>> 
>> 
>> Tord Björk
>> 
>> Coordinator,
>> Contact group for Europe and the World, Nordic Organizing Committee ESF
>> 2008
>> 
>> Finlandsgatan 2
>> 291 31 Kristianstad
>> Sverige/Suede/Sweden
>> Tel: +46 (0)44 12 32 94 (evenings, sometimes am Monday-Tuesday)
>> Mobile: +46 (0)738 44 68 50 (occasionally)
>> E-mail: tord.bjork at mjv.se (best way for contacts)
>> 
>> Nordic Organizing Committee: esf2008 at gmail.com, www.esf2008.org
>> 
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