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The author referred to data from Taloussanomat, according to which 43 percent of Wolt drivers working in Finland had a higher education degree, while the proportion of Finnish adults was 34 percent. He said he valued the work of food couriers but considered the situation a major failure for Finland, because in his view, the country has not been able to utilize the skills of immigrants. #koulutus #maahanmuutto #työllisyys #FI (translated)

The author stated that the European Parliament had awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought today to the International Criminal Court (ICC). He described the award as a significant honor for organizations and individuals promoting human rights and freedom of expression worldwide. #ihmisoikeudet #SaharovPalkinto #mielipiteenvapaus #FI #EU (translated)

Seida Sohrabi stated that she filed a criminal complaint a couple of years ago regarding videos published on social media, which she claims presented defamations and private life information about herself and her parents. She said the videos contained serious and unfounded allegations as well as insinuations about her parents' connections to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sohrabi denied the claim made in the video that there was an ISIS flag on her parents’ balcony in Turku's Varissuo. According to her, her parents had never lived in Varissuo together or separately, and a terrorist organization's flag had not been raised on the balcony. She mentioned that her parents fled Iran when they were young and said that there were peshmerga fighters in her family who had fought for the rights of Kurds. She also revealed that the videos contained derogatory implications about her parents’ sexual behavior. According to Sohrabi, her parents had not sought publicity, but they had been drawn into attacks due to her public position. She stated that the respondent had been convicted of disseminating private information and defamation. She claimed that the conviction was not final. Sohrabi justified bringing the matter to public attention by stating that even those in public office have rights, and that filing a criminal complaint should not be seen as an overreaction if a line had been crossed. She expressed concern about the state of democracy, privacy protection, and the safety of political participation. She referred to Ben Zyskowicz's violent attack at a campaign event in Helsinki before the 2023 parliamentary elections, the harassment experienced by Sanna Marin, the violation of domestic peace, and Juha Sipilä’s assault near the parliament building. Sohrabi also mentioned that the West Uusimaa police were investigating two incidents related to election work that occurred on September 19, as well as suspected intrusions into the homes of members of parliament. Sohrabi said she wanted harassment, hate, and violence to be addressed before they became entrenched in Finnish political culture. She warned that perceiving participation in politics as too great a personal risk could undermine democracy. #demokratia #yksityisyys #kunnialoukkaus (translated)

Tuulia Alanko wrote that the Central Alliance's student organization profile picture featured a trans pride flag and interpreted this as a sign that the organization wanted to position itself in support of Antti Lindtman. Alanko claimed that the organization had already been willing to support a red-green government during the previous electoral term, which she argued was tightening taxes on drivers and implementing ambitious climate policies at the expense of rural residents. Alanko assessed that there was division within the Central Alliance and pressure to support a leftist government even after the next elections. According to her, the party had abandoned traditional values related to home, religion, and patriotism and replaced them with identity politics and virtue signaling. She linked this to the Central Alliance students' reluctance to cooperate with the True Finns and wrote that her late Central Alliance grandfather would turn in his grave seeing what the party currently represented. #Keskusta #Suomi #Politiikka (translated)

Eija-Riitta Korhola-Dunderfelt wrote that she is increasingly horrified by the blindness of the theologians at the University of Helsinki and questioned how that person could be their honorary doctor. She described this chaos as a seed-sowing doll and a useful henchman for those striving for fragmentation and disorder. #teologia #Helsinki #yliopisto (translated)

Suviiik stated that he was honored to serve as Mika's campaign manager. He said that the communication line would follow a familiar model from the municipal elections and planned to create images using artificial intelligence in the coming months. https://t.co/YwCp6Dbe4Z #kuntavaalit #tekoäly #viestintä (translated)

Sture Fjäder wrote that Greta Thunberg, who was named an honorary doctor at the University of Helsinki, defended French high school students. He used a derogatory term referring to Thunberg's Swedish identity and political orientation and described the situation as embarrassing. #gretathunberg https://t.co/J1kUJDmAfX #Helsinki #koulutus #nuoret (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari criticized Petteri Orpo's presentation of the National Coalition's 60 million euro fuel package and wrote that it would not lower the pump price of gasoline or diesel. She reported that Orpo had accused the Finns Party of stalling the package, to which Riikka Purra responded that it contained no measures to reduce pump prices. Huhtasaari agreed with Purra's assessment. According to Huhtasaari, road traffic in Finland consumed about 3.3–3.5 billion liters of fuel annually. If 60 million euros were distributed evenly, it would mean less than two cents per liter, she estimated. However, in her view, the package was targeted at commuting tax deductions and professional transport, and it would not be reflected in the filling station bill of an average motorist. Huhtasaari wrote that the pump price could be lowered by temporarily easing the distribution obligation or reducing fuel taxation. According to her, Purra and the Finns Party had proposed easing the distribution obligation, but the National Coalition and RKP did not support either measure. She criticized the package as a constructed image before the elections and claimed that the National Coalition was not ready to make decisions that would actually lower the price of fuel. #polttoaineet #suomi (translated)

Miko Bergbom referred to the assessment of the representative from the Swedish People's Party, indicating that fuel prices in Finland would not rise high enough for the climate policy goals to be compromised. According to Bergbom, the distribution obligation was strictly adhered to for the benefit of individual companies and climate actions, while the transportation sector and ordinary drivers were overlooked. #ilmastopolitiikka #kestäväkehitys #suomi (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

The Listener podcast announced in episode #107 that it had interviewed Hannele Al-hamzawi, who, according to the podcast, had lived as a member of the Muslim community for 16 years and was now sharing her experiences in the Finnish Muslim community for the first time. The episode also discussed how Al-hamzawi prevented an honor killing, the visibility of Islam in the daily lives of Muslims, parallel societies in Finland, as well as Muslims' perceptions of Finnish men and women. The podcast stated that the episode was scheduled to be released on Sunday at 12 PM on Spotify and other platforms. It also claimed that the imams did not want people to listen to the episode. #kuuntelija #podcast #muslimiyhteisö (translated)