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Swedish diplomats move national holiday to avoid clash with Ramadan

May 19, 2017 11:40 am By Robert Spencer

Priorities, priorities. The Swedes know who their new masters are.

“Swedish Diplomats Move National Holiday to Avoid Clash With Ramadan,” by Kieran Corcoran, Heat Street, May 19, 2017 (thanks to Lookmann):

A group of Swedish diplomats moved the celebration of their national holiday forward an entire month to stop the date clashing with Ramadan.

Officials at the Swedish consulate in Jerusalem had a party for the National Day of Sweden on May 6th. The actual date of the celebration is June 6th.

A recent social media post shared photos of the event, which took place at a hotel in Ramallah, the de facto capital of the Palestinian territories:

When asked why the event had been held weeks before the proper date, the consulate responded: “Yes – the national day is on 6 June – we’re looking forward to it! But celebrations coincided with Ramadan, so we chose to bring them forward this year.”

Sweden is known for being one of the least patriotic nations in the world.

Its national day – which only became a public holiday in 2005 – is one of the few occasions when it is deemed acceptable to be overly proud to be Swedish….

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  1. Krazy Kafir says

    May 19, 2017 at 11:54 am

    If you hate your culture you won’t protect it. It’s why nationalism and patriotism are kryptonite to leftists.

    • TheDane says

      May 20, 2017 at 11:46 am

      The Swedes have always been known to be cowards, here in Scandinavia. During WWII, Danish fishermen risked their lives in order to sail Jews to safety in Sweden, and they sometimes had to literally club and beat the Swedes in order to force the wimps to take the Jews ashore in Sweden. I am starting to regard Swedes as a retarded people; they lack brains and bravery!

  2. pnr says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:01 pm

    Please explore ISKCON and keep your roots intact.

  3. James says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    June 6 ought to be a day of enjoying pork, alcohol, walking the dog, buying in Koran loo-roll, naming Teddy bears Mohammed, burning Korans, and drawing Mo-themed cartoons.

    https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/mohammed-cartoon-collection/

    – and see the videos and links.

  4. Charlie in NY says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    Who knew the Swedes celebrated D-Day as their national holiday? After pretending to be neutral, but in fact bartering “neutrality” for supplying the Nazi war machine, the Swedes eventually chose sides once it was clear to them who was going to win. Do they imagine that Islam is the “strong horse” today and that they are making a similar choice?

    • Brian Hoff says

      May 20, 2017 at 3:46 pm

      Alot of useful intel about nazie germa ny came by way of Sweden about the nazie haveing a V2 rocket.

      • gravenimage says

        May 21, 2017 at 1:13 am

        Doesn’t Brian Hoff love the Nazis? Most Muslims do.

  5. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:22 pm

    First it was “Tiny Minority” Bush hosting an Eid al-Fitr gala at the White House to celebrate Islam. Now we have national holidays being moved so as to not to offend Moslems. What percentage of Sweden’s population is Moslem? The trigger threshold for takeover appears to be even lower than I had feared.

    • billybob says

      May 19, 2017 at 7:04 pm

      Speaking of which, do you suppose will Trump carry on the ‘traditional’ Iftar dinner at the White House that Obama promoted during his years in office?

    • Loppan says

      May 21, 2017 at 5:14 am

      Roughly 10% of the population are muslims. The past 3-4 years more than 400.000 muslims has entered the country of unlimited well fare.

  6. Jaladhi says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    So, if Ramadan happens to fall around Christmas, Swedes will stop Christmas celebration or move it to a month or two later. How stupid and cowards these Swedes or Europeans can be?? Why don’t they just convert to Islam and get it over with and after that they can join Muslims in their jihad to attack USA. Morons!!

    • Bill W. says

      May 19, 2017 at 3:35 pm

      If I was rhere I would be cooking pork sausge and ham every day of Ramadom served with either strong red wine or beer in my front steps of my house. I would walk my very big black dog all around the mosque, singing beer drinking songs.

      • TheDane says

        May 20, 2017 at 11:49 am

        hehe! You would probably loose your head, though. These scumbags are sick and dangerous as snakes.

  7. Steve Brown says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:37 pm

    I think this is minor. I wouldn’t care if a local Canada Day party celebration was held two weeks later to accommodate a local tradition. It’s the celebration NOT the day that’s important.
    Now IF this starts to happen in Sweden, which is VERY probable in the future, I would agree with the sentiments in this article.

    • gravenimage says

      May 19, 2017 at 6:56 pm

      “Local tradition”–this happened in Israel, which is *not* a Muslim country–not yet, anyway.

      • Custos Custodum says

        May 19, 2017 at 10:30 pm

        In fairness, some 20% of the population of Israel proper are “Arabs.”

        Of these, about 85% are Muslim.

        In substance, you are, of course, right – the Swedish Leftists would probably not have moved their national holiday celebration to, e.g. accommodate a Jewish or even Christian holiday.

        (Note that technically, Sweden still has an “established” protestant state church.)

        Technically, Ramadan should not be a serious problem. Muslim Ramadan rules permit eating after sunset. Sunset is around 7:30 pm in Israel. Counting sunset by Mecca time gives a slightly earlier time to start the nightly feast.

        Many Muslims happily drink alcohol and violate other rules of Islam so long as they can do so unobserved by other Muslims. (Go to the hotel bar of the nearest high-class hotel near you to gather first-hand evidence.)

        Only the prohibition against eating pork is observed to some degree even in private. Many Muslims are unused to the smell of pork and do not find it appetizing.

  8. RationalVoice says

    May 19, 2017 at 12:55 pm

    The Swedes are the weakest willed nation on Earth and have now dropped the charge of rape against Assange who is hiding in an embassy in London.
    Have they no shame or respect left for themselves ????

    • TheDane says

      May 20, 2017 at 11:52 am

      The Swedes are morons, yes, and Assange is a very nasty traitor and should be imprisoned for leaking classified info, but I have never believed the rape-charges against him. I think it was a plot. Why were these women in his hotel-room to begin with? I don’t buy it. But he should be charged and imprisoned for revealing the docs.

    • Brian Hoff says

      May 20, 2017 at 3:52 pm

      There is mostly like than MI 5 and CIA hit squad waiting outside waiting for him to leave. His mistake all diplomacy is done in secret behind closed door he make alot of enemy around the world.

      • gravenimage says

        May 21, 2017 at 1:17 am

        “Brian Hoff” is mistaking civilized people with his own savage coreligionists again…

  9. abad says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    Islam does NOT belong in Sweden nor anywhere else in Europe outside of Turkey.

    Round them all up and deport them to their Islamic Paradise of Syria(TM).

  10. John A. Marre says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    You see that flag? See the cross on it? It will be gone within 5 years. So as not to offend their new masters. Same for Norway, Denmark and Finland. Can’t anger your new owners! They might just get mad and cut your head off.

    • TheDane says

      May 20, 2017 at 11:55 am

      Yes, I fear that you are right, but I believe it will be an order from the depraved institution called the EU. Those bastards suck, I can tell you!! It is Germany’s, France’s and the ‘politicians’ in Bruxelles that are driving all of Europe into havoc, and it is the same three that mass-import the moslem scum! You should see what it looks like over here. I went on a bus today, and I thought to myself that I might as well had been riding a bus in Africa or an Arab state; it was a mix, and almost no ‘whities’. It is nasty.

  11. marina says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    Appeasement at its finest.

  12. marina says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    In the year 2023 the Ramadan will coincide with Easter. By that time the West would probably move the Easter holiday.

  13. jewdog says

    May 19, 2017 at 2:29 pm

    That’s only fair, seeing as Saudi Arabia decorates Mecca at Christmas. I like the creche with baby Aisha.

    • Bill W. says

      May 19, 2017 at 3:38 pm

      It would be a porn film if monhamman is in the crib with 9 year old Aisha.

  14. Guest says

    May 19, 2017 at 4:06 pm

    Sweden has no shame.

    • Kiki says

      May 19, 2017 at 7:34 pm

      Their government has no shame….but I imagine a lot of Swedish civilians aren’t going to listen to them….we just never hear about that because lately, world media’s equate national pride with racism or xenophobia.
      But I don’t doubt there are still people in Sweden resisting the tide of events, and they need support.

      • David M says

        May 20, 2017 at 4:47 am

        Swedes are a lost cause, I’ve been pointing this out to a Swedish woman online, her only defense is to call me a “racist.” She is obviously trained to say this,they deserve everything they are getting.

      • TheDane says

        May 20, 2017 at 11:59 am

        You are wrong! I live next to Sweden and can see the blasted country from the shore, and I can assure you that there will never be an uprising in Sweden. A few young Swedes tried to limit the number of asylum centres, but they live very dangerously and risk many, many years in prison.

        Sweden is a nation of Dummies!!

  15. just pass'n thru says

    May 19, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    conquest with out one shot fired.

  16. gravenimage says

    May 19, 2017 at 6:49 pm

    Swedish diplomats move national holiday to avoid clash with Ramadan
    …………………

    Preemptive dhimmitude…

  17. Dawn says

    May 19, 2017 at 6:51 pm

    Stop it don’t change for them

  18. Kiki says

    May 19, 2017 at 7:32 pm

    I feel bad for Swedish citizens….it’s got to be so frustrating that their government is allowing someone else to dictate when their own holidays should be!

    I bet that, even if it’s not reported, a lot of Swedish people will be celebrating their holiday on the correct date…..I don’t know of specific anti-jihad/anit-sharia/pro-Sweden groups, but I imagine they’ll be pushing back on this.

    I encourage everyone, no matter what country you are from, DON’T give up your culture. Celebrate what holidays you want. Don’t be afraid to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Easter” or whatever. The more people who do this, hopefully it’ll encourage others as well.

  19. BLC says

    May 19, 2017 at 10:36 pm

    I think this is proof positive that women should not be allowed to be in charge of anything. Let the men run society…and this comment is coming from a woman.

    • gravenimage says

      May 21, 2017 at 1:21 am

      BLC wrote:

      I think this is proof positive that women should not be allowed to be in charge of anything. Let the men run society…and this comment is coming from a woman.
      …………………….

      What–you mean like Obama, Trudeau, and the Pope? There are as many dhimmi males as females.

      If you *really* want a world where women won’t be allowed to run anything, why don’t you just convert to Islam?

  20. Robert says

    May 20, 2017 at 2:35 am

    #mycountry Don’t #protectme

  21. Patrick Clarke says

    May 20, 2017 at 4:17 am

    tolerance is death

  22. Dan King says

    May 20, 2017 at 8:36 am

    The swedish nationality is gone. Soon it will law there to behead all apostates, special high rise execution stages for throwing off homosexuals, non-muslim taxes, and a requirement that every islamic of middle eastern genes have 2-3 white sex slaves to play with until they are sold to the brothels. And these socialist wimp nation will gladly walk start to the death camps because they are afraid to offend their murderers.

  23. Rob says

    May 20, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    Yes, and I think you’d better set aside a few more hundred virgins to sacrifice to the god of political correctness. They’ll be plenty of “refugee” servants of Allah who will need to be placated.

  24. David Barrett says

    May 20, 2017 at 4:12 pm

    The Swedes lost it ages ago. This latest move just proves it . Wonder how many Muslims will celebrate their moved National Day? Lucky if a handful . Stupidity is now a simile for Swede [ sorry for insulting the vegetable ]

  25. berserker says

    May 20, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Please remove the cross from your flag Sweden. Your new pets might find it offensive.

    • Jeanette says

      May 20, 2017 at 9:13 pm

      The elites probably already have artists working on a new flag. With a sword on it, undoubtedly.

  26. praneeth says

    Jun 4, 2017 at 1:11 am

    Never elect Left Communist anti national governments that don’t have nationalism at heart and also beware of media funded by radical sources, these entities are the core reason why Islamic terrorism is spreading.

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