Church of Sweden hires imam

[minionofmidas]

So what, exactly, has he been hired to do? Based on the information offered so far, it is utterly impossible to make any sort of legitimate judgment whatsoever.

[minionofmidas]

So... they hired a social worker who happens to also be an Imam? Why should that be problematic? Or did they hire him to preach?

Of course, the more interesting question is why the hell the Swedish state runs its youth centres through the state church.

[minionofmidas]

Ah right, that kind of theologian-dabbling-as-counselor role. Would probably have made more sense to just hire a Muslim social worker instead. But heh. Chalk that one up to "unavoidable inconsistencies caused by a church still pretending to be, and owning the assets, of a quango, in a country that does not consists almost entirely of followers of the state cult anymore".

[minionofmidas]

It doesn't seem to behave like it. Mind you, Germany's Lutheran and Catholic Churches don't, either.

[minionofmidas]

They're not hiring him to convert non-Muslims, and I doubt he could get away with trying to.

[minionofmidas]

Again, I don't mind the practice in itself, but I do think it is odd that a church would pay someone from another religion to spread their values.

It does seem a little... counterintuitive, yes.

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