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Jussi Halla-aho
Jussi Halla-aho in 2006.
Born(1971-04-27)27 April 1971
Tampere, Finland
NationalityFinland
EducationPh.D. (slavist)
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Known forScripta blog
Political partyTrue Finns (not a member)
SpouseHilla Halla-aho
ChildrenHilma (born 2003)
Kerttu (2004)
Veikko (2008)
WebsiteJussi Halla-aho – Halla-aho's personal homepage Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
Scripta – Halla-aho's blog

Jussi Kristian Halla-aho (born 27 April, 1971 in Tampere) is a Finnish Slavic linguist and blogger who has became famous for his texts that criticize Finland's policy of immigration and multiculturalism. He is the best known political blogger in Finland.

Immigration critic

Halla-aho maintains a blog titled Scripta that deals with issues such as immigration, multiculturalism, tolerance, racism, freedom of speech and political correctness. His blog has between 3,000 and 6,000 readers a day. In 2008, Google Inc. announced that "Jussi Halla-aho" is the fifth most popular Google search of all Finnish people excluding music personalities.

He became a member of Helsinki Council in the 2008 municipal elections as a candidate of the True Finns party although he is not a member of any party. In the 2008 elections, he was the 18th most popular candidate in the entire country and the second most popular candidate of the True Finns party after party leader Timo Soini. Halla-aho won the largest number of personal votes for the party in Helsinki. He has stated that he is into politics because he thinks that the Finnish immigration policy is a problem and Europe is heading towards catastrophe because of massive immigration.

According to Halla-aho, the biggest problem is large amounts of immigrants compared to the chances to integrate newcomers. He has stated that minority group whose integration has failed everywhere are muslims that come from certain parts of the globe. According to Halla-aho, these are often cultures that honour force unlike western civilization and as long as these newcomers stick in to their characteristics and society encourages them to wrap into their divergence adaptation is not possible and that creates the problems of social exclusion and ethnic ghettoization. He has stated that discrimination and privileges should not be allowed because of ones culture or nationality. According to Halla-aho, criticizing totalitarian fascist ideologies like political Islam is not racism and the facts can not be criminalized.

In November 2008, Helsingin Sanomat asked its readers "Is Jussi Halla-aho right in his immigration criticism?" (it was Helsingin Sanomat's the question of the day). During 24 hours 11,473 people participated in Helsingin Sanomat's survey; 66% answered yes and 34% no.

According to Halla-aho, immigration is a taboo in Finland. He has received death threats because of his web columns, and in December 2008, Finnish police began investigation on Halla-aho for incitement of a racial group because of his texts. Halla-aho has denied has denied that he is an anti-foreigner. He maintains that he is simply “critical of immigration”. He has received positive feedback also from the immigrants and they buy T-shirts that support him.

Scientific career

Halla-aho is a Ph.D. who has written his dissertation about historical nominal morphology of Old Church Slavonic.

Halla-aho studied at the University of Helsinki from 1995 to 2000. During that period he studied Russian, Croatian, Polish and Ukrainian, and various dead languages such as Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Old Persian, Old Irish and Old English. During his post-graduate period (2000-2006) he worked at the Department of Slavonic and Baltic Studies as a researcher and teacher of Old Church Slavic.

Halla-aho completed his dissertation Problems of Proto-Slavic historical nominal morphology, on the basis of Old Church Slavic in 2006. In his dissertation, Halla-aho offers a diachronic solution for a number of difficult inflectional endings in Old Church Slavic nominal declensions.

In addition to his dissertation, Halla-aho has published articles in scientific journals, edited selection of papers by slavists, baltologists and balkanists from Austria, Croatia, Canada, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Russia and the United States of America and written Old Church Slavic Manual, which is used at the University of Helsinki.

Halla-aho's scientific interests include comparative Indo-European linguistics, especially nominal morphology and theoretical questions related to the principles of reconstruction, Old Church Slavic, historical morphology of Slavic languages, Gothic and Phrygian languages.

Since April 2007 he has been working on, together with translator Juri Zub, a Ukrainian-Finnish dictionary, funded by the Finnish Cultural Fund.

Personal life

Halla-aho lives in the southernmost district of Helsinki, Eira, with his wife Hilla Halla-aho and their three children: two daughters, Hilma (born 2003) and Kerttu (2004), and a son Veikko (2008). Halla-aho has told that his children and family are the main reason why he takes part in social debate.

Halla-aho's hobbies include reading J. R. R. Tolkien, astronomy as well as pistol and rifle shooting. He is a member of Suomen Sisu association that seeks to promote Finnish nationalism.

Publications

  • Halla-aho, Jussi: Problems of Proto-Slavic historical nominal morphology: On the basis of Old Church Slavic, Slavica Helsingiensia 26, Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Department of Slavonic Languages, 2006 ISBN 952-10-3012-7 Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  • Halla-aho, Jussi: Two borrowings in Proto-Slavic; and a minor Balto-Slavic sound change, Journal of Indo-European Studies 33, p. 233-245, 2005. Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  • Halla-aho, Jussi: The collapse of an early Proto-Indo-European ablaut pattern, Indogermanische Forschungen 110, p. 97-118, 2005. Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  • Nuorluoto, Juhani & Leiwo, Martti & Halla-aho, Jussi (editors): Papers in Slavic, Baltic and Balkan studies, Slavica Helsingiensia 21, Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Department of Slavonic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, 2001 ISBN 952-10-0246-8 (Selection of papers by Slavists, Baltologists and Balkanists from Austria/Croatia, Canada, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Russia and the United States of America) Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  • Halla-aho, Jussi: Old Church Slavic Manual, Helsinki, Jussi Halla-aho, 2006 Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.

References

  1. ^ Rautio, Pirjo: Jussi Halla-ahon juurilla, Pohjalainen, 22.11.2008
  2. ^ Pettersson, Maria: Jussi Halla-aho, City, nro 1/2009
  3. ^ Jussi Halla-aho, Jussi Halla-aho's personal homepage Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  4. ^ Kontulan Perussuomalaiset ry: Jussi Halla-aho
  5. ^ Jussi Halla-aho, Jussi Halla-aho's personal homepage
  6. Sauvala, Milka: Maahanmuuttokriitikko perussuomalaisten äänikuningas Helsingissä, Helsingin Sanomat, 26.10.2008
  7. Viljanmaa, Toni: Perussuomalaiset saivat parikymmentä maahanmuuttokriitikkoa valtuustoihin, Satakunnan Kansa 27.10.2008
  8. ^ Mäkinen, Esa: What does Jussi Halla-aho really want?, Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Metro, 30.11.2008 Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  9. ^ Viljanmaa, Toni: Perussuomalaiset | Hallan vaara , Aamulehti, 5.12.2008
  10. Halla-aho, Jussi: Johdanto uudelle lukijalle, Scripta
  11. Jussi, Noora: Yllätysvoitot perustuivat blogeihin, Vihreä Lanka, 29.10.2008
  12. Jättiyllätys googlatuimpien suomalaisten listalla, Uusi Suomi, 10.12.2008
  13. Valitut ehdokkaat - Helsinki, Kunnallisvaalit 2008, Ministry of Justice, Finland
  14. Koko maa - Ääniharavat, Vaalit 2008 tulospalvelu, 27.10.2008, YLE
  15. Perussuomalaisten Halla-ahosta rikostutkinta, MTV3-STT 12.12.2008
  16. Great ideological disparity among True Finns in Helsinki region, Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Metro Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  17. Ruissalo, Pekka: Timo Soini ja Jussi Halla-aho närkästyivät rasismisyytöksistä, Aamulehti 21.10.2008
  18. Poikkeustapaukset, Helsingin Sanomat, 2.3.2007
  19. Radio Rock podcastit: Haastattelussa Jussi Halla-aho, Radio Rock, 2006 (MP3)
  20. Poikkeustapaukset, Helsingin Sanomat, 2.3.2007
  21. Toisinajattelijana Suomessa – Policyn haastattelussa Jussi Halla-aho Policy 1/2008, p. 16, Helsingin yliopiston Valtio-opin Opiskelijat ry (PDF)
  22. Päivän kysymys: Onko Jussi Halla-aho maahanmuuttokritiikissään oikeassa?, Helsingin Sanomat, 29.11.2008
  23. ^ B-Studion perjantaivieras: Jussi Halla-aho Nelonen, 19.12.2008 (Video)
  24. Grönholm, Pauliina: Poliisi aloittaa rikostutkinnan Halla-ahosta, Helsingin Sanomat, 12.12.2008
  25. ^ Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology : On the Basis of Old Church Slavic, Slavistik-Portal, 2006 Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  26. Halla-aho, Jussi: Two borrowings in Proto-Slavic; and a minor Balto-Slavic sound change, Journal of Indo-European Studies 33, p. 233-245, 2005. Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
    *Halla-aho, Jussi: The collapse of an early Proto-Indo-European ablaut pattern, Indogermanische Forschungen 110, p. 97-118, 2005. Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  27. Slavica Helsingiensia. Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Department of Slavonic Languages Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  28. Vahti, Jukka: Suomen Sisun jäsenet pyrkivät valtuustoihin perussuomalaisten listoilta, Vihreä Lanka, 9.10.2008
    *Onnittelemme valtuustoihin päässeitä Suomen Sisun jäseniä, Suomen Sisu 28.10.2008

External links

  • Jussi Halla-aho – Halla-aho's personal homepage Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
  • Scripta – Halla-aho's blog
  • Inter arma – Halla-aho's column on gun control Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.

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