Common sense. Long overdue. “Sweden mulls new laws banning jihad combat, travel,” AFP, June 17, 2015:
Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden is considering drafting new legislation that would ban its nationals from fighting in armed conflicts for terrorist organisations such as Islamic State (IS), the government said Wednesday.
“It is completely unacceptable that Swedish citizens are travelling to (join) IS, financing the organisation, or fighting for it,” Justice Minister Morgan Johansson and Interior Minister Anders Ygeman wrote in a joint article in leading newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
No kidding, really?
The proposed ban would prohibit combat for terrorist organisations listed as such by the United Nations or European Union.
“We have a responsibility for what our citizens do both here at home and in other countries,” they wrote.
“People who live here and who have chosen to join IS can constitute a serious threat upon their return. Criminalisation is of course not the only way of preventing this but it is an important part of anti-terrorism measures,” they said….
Swedish intelligence service Sapo has said that about 150 people from Sweden are known to have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic militant groups, but that the figure may be as high as 300.
mortimer says
It seems the government party is having second thoughts about their immigration policy. About time.
Miro says
I absolutely share Pat Condell’s opinions on Sweden.
Betty says
mortimer wish our government would have second thoughts about immigration. the only second thought our government have is how to get more immigrants into THE USA.
mortimer says
Swedish parties of the Left created this Frankenstein’s monster. Now they want to kill the Death Cult baby they fathered!
Fools and idiots. It will be costly over a long period of time.
Sweden will burn this summer as Muslims realize they are no longer welcome in Sweden.
Joseph says
@ mortimer
I agree with you but I think it will be a hot summer all over the world. Is this the global warming or climate change that we were warned about?
Just remember ramalama ding-dong just started and we have till July 17th to see what will happen.
mortimer says
Right! Ramadan ends with doing a ‘good deed’, such as burning down a church or shooting into a shopping center or driving a car into a crowd.
Jerry says
Nothing to do with Islam.
The Austrian car “Jihad Imitation”
was only driven by a “normative” Bosnian.
I just wonder what mosque did he usually
attend.
He must have been reading the wrong
Qur’an and Hadith.
tilda says
“…for terrorist organisations listed as such by the United Nations or European Union.”
Does that mean that the Swedish government can’t figure out for itself which organisations are terrorist and which are not?
RonaldB says
Good comment. That was exactly my thought. The Swedish government is conceding its most basic security decisions to external organizations. I guess that means Sweden is still hell-bent on dissolving its national, ethnic, and cultural identity.
mortimer says
The cultural Marxists believe the Swedes deserve to be punished and suffer. They will get what they vote for until the pain becomes non-stop and unbearable.
RonaldB says
The real question for states with an entrenched, totally unaccountable bureaucracy is, does the popular vote play any part in government at all any more?
Kepha says
I fear that Mother’s ansestors’ ancestral peninsula is doomed, and I’m thoroughly cynical about how “enlightened” Sverrige will use this new law. It will continue to let its daughters get raped by gangs of imported bipedal feral dogs; and judging from the Wallander Whodunnits I’ve seen on TV, they’ll start arresting every traditional Christian believer in their country for hate speech.
If Europe ever gets overrun by Jihadis, I hope we Americans will have a refugee resettlement policy that will make every European cultural leader, politician, jurist, or major journalist swim home. I would even be very unsympathetic to the major European “Christian” clergy resettling on our shores. We’ve seen too much of how West Germany’s allowing “independent Marxists” leave their beloved “Dmokratische Republik” to resettle in their midst worked out; and we ourselves saw refugee carriers of Weimar culture nurture our own despicable “New Left”. Further, seeing the current crop of European leaders, I would think a thousand times before letting my military-aged American sons join up to rescue the Old Continent.
Georg says
I would have assumed it was illegal to join IS. Silly me.
Matthieu Baudin says
Today’s Sweden has lost the gloss of it’s progressive past and instead drags its feet in response to the international Jihad agenda of subjugation for women, execution of homosexuals and brutal submission of minority religious groups, agnostics and atheists.
Nils says
Maximum two years in a Sweden prison wont stop any Muslim who wants to do Jihad. This is a joke.
duh_swami says
The obligation to jihad, has no expiration date…
Doug says
Let them go and do not let them back in.
Baucent says
I believe that’s a spelling error, the Swedish Intelligence service is called “Harpo” not “Sapo” and any connection to the Marx Brothers is coincidental.
Also read in the News today Sweden is opening a Male Rape Victim clinic to meet a growing problem, evidently 430 Males reported they were raped last year. I wonder who is “behind” this?
particolor says
Dunno ? But I did hear there was a Goat shortage in Sweden ! 🙁
Betty says
Bauncent really do you have to wander. old dead mo ham head said it is ok to rape. donchaknow.
RonaldB says
The Swedish male is so henpecked and maligned, it’s hard to tell exactly what the story is. But, you can be sure, the castrating Swedish feminists are doing everything they can to make Swedish males vulnerable and helpless.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/352108
Kepha says
“evidently 430 Males reported they were raped last year.”
I’m surprised at the Swedes! I’d have thought they’d jail these complainers for hate speech and scorning initiation into what is now one of the most fashionable progressive trends anywhere! [sarc]
lasslax says
It will take 2-3 years to take affect.
And when the law will be applied, it will end up in a saying “dont´t do it again!” as a punishment.
In a severe case even an index finger might be raised, but of course only if it does not hurt his feelings too much.
Adam says
This is gesture does nothing to the massive immigration problem in Sweden. Officially there are some half a million muslims in Sweden but in reality it is probably a million or more.
Sweden is already in a state of low intensity civil war whit no-go-zones, sharia police and all that. The islamisation is accelerating, new mosques are built at a staggering pace and the politicians are kowtowing in front of the imams in order to get the muslim vote.
Preventing a cuople of jihadists from leaving Sweden only encloses the jihad movement inside the country. Needless to say what the outcome that will be.
Angemon says
Long overdue and better late than never, but Sweden is still messed up:
cs says
I started to watch one video of this guy, it was interesting, but did not have time to follow on, he has a huge output. How good is it, do you know Angemon?
Angemon says
Well, the head of the Swedish “liberal-conservative” Moderate Party – which is supposed to be center-right – was the prime Minister for 8 years and had this to say about Sweden:
“Only barbarism is genuinely Swedish. All further development has come from abroad“.
And his successor, Anna Batra, had this to say about islamic state terrorists:
“The important thing is that there must be fewer who can become victims of violence. To be enlisted as a warrior to exercise deadly force is actually being victims of violence”
Mona Sahlin, former leader of the Swedish Social Democratic party, said:
“If two equally qualified persons apply for a job at a workplace with few immigrants, the one called Mohammed should get the job.”
Yeah, messed up.
particolor says
Poor Sven 🙁 He will have to on the Dole !! 🙂
Mark says
Does Sweden have the back bone to do it? I have my doubts.
lasslax says
Unfortunately, we are many to share your doubts.
Myxlplik says
Jihad is obligatory in Islam BTW.
R Cole says
Must have been so difficult for the Swedes ~ they love their Islam up there!!
They are even willing to go bankrupt to bring in even more into their country.
The Swedes are borrowing a staggering $1.2 million / hour to finance immigration from the Islamic world.
People tend to borrow money when they can’t afford something outright.
Insular…
This must be Islamic-anti-racism budgeting!!
Because only the ‘racists’ in the country would dare say – what the hell are you doing?
::
Self Torture
The Swedes love getting abused by their Islamic immigrants – who throw rocks at emergency services vehicles and personnel. Paramedics wanted military style gear – to answer calls in those areas – like heart attacks and women having babies.
I think the Swedes see it all as a challenge – like beating yourself with twigs – in the face of all that they can say – we are not the-racists!!
They should remember ~ it’s not race it’s a religion!!
And a dominant one at that.
::;
After Careful Consideration and Much Thought
The Swedish leadership must have had to consult with many people – across a spectrum of society – to conclude that ISIS indeed – posed a threat.
Maybe they can build up the nerve to do a few more things – needed up there.
particolor says
Yes ! I think they need a Midwife Army !! 🙂
And then an Army to Control the Midwifes Good Deeds !! 🙂