“You risk being identified as racist in a way that you did not see in other European countries. There, this question was as uncontroversial as the importance of combating Nazism and right-wing extremism.”
What European countries is he talking about? Maybe Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, but that’s about it. Otherwise the charge of “racism,” and fear of that charge, is crippling efforts to counter jihad terrorism all over Europe, and in North America as well.
“The race card allows authorities to curb work against jihadism,” translated from “Rasistkortet får myndigheter att bromsa arbete mot jihadism,” by Dick Erixon, Samtiden, February 11, 2018:
For fear of being called racist, authorities in Sweden have not been able to track violent jihadists, and therefore some slipped away to other countries, according to researchers at the Center for Asymmetric Threats and Terrorism Studies at the Defense College.
The race card is roughly abused in Sweden, mostly in terms of stopping public analyses and efforts to counter severe Islamist crimes, such as attacks on women and terrorism.
Last month, a book about honor-related violence came out that again accuses Swedes of racism and “abusive stereotypes of immigrants,” instead of taking the risks of religious fundamentalism seriously.
These leftist forces have gained power over the public by constantly accusing anyone who raises these problems of being racist. This has meant that authorities systematically downplay and neglect the problems. It becomes easier and more comfortable to denounce and condemn ordinary Swedes for extremism and prejudice.
This cowardice has distorted the reality of Sweden in such a way that the country is less prepared than other countries to face religious extremism. Sweden has become a breeding ground for jihadists because Swedish authorities, ranging from social services to police, are blind to extremism and let it thrive — for fear of being called racist.
This is noticeable in several ways. The number of people traveling from Sweden to the war in Syria to join the Islamic State and other terrorist networks has been around 300, which is the second most in the EU in relation to our population.
A study from the Swedish Defense College last autumn, based on data from Säpo, showed that the number of violent Islamist extremists in Sweden has increased thirtyfold in seven years. This summer, it was estimated that the number of jihadists was about 2,300. In 2000, the number was estimated at 200 people.
In an interview for SVT today, Peder Hyllengren, researcher at the Swedish Defense College, says that the security work against violent jihadism has been slowing down in Sweden for a long time, because there is an activism that made it difficult for politicians and others to engage in this issue.
“You risk being identified as racist in a way that you did not see in other European countries. There, this question was as uncontroversial as the importance of combating Nazism and right-wing extremism,” he says.
But in Sweden, the accusation of racism can lead to unmitigated tragedy. The result has been that the state and the authorities are not able to carry out the work of maintaining the security of the Swedish people. It’s serious….
Hilda Stevens says
What is making all these countries full of FEAR and run like COWARDS? The only cure for this is Jesus Christ. PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR!!!!!!!!!!
StellaSaidSo says
The only cure for this is respect for one’s country and its heritage, and the will to survive.
Granddaddy says
I agree. It has been my opinion for a long time that the reason this problem happens in the first place is that we have forgotten our Christian roots and have let atheism guide our judgment. I speak as an American. I believe that were the people in authority, the people who could do something about this, Christian, they would have seen it a long time ago. As it is, we appear to be headed for the same thing as is happening in Sweden now. And no one seems to be able, or willing, to do anything to stop it.
BC says
Speaking as a confirmed atheist for over half a century I can assure you that I have better judgement of the situation than any Christian I have ever met, or the biggest ‘christiian’ of them all, his hopelessness the Pope. Christians are always on the back foot because they believe they have to ‘forgive’ all sinners. They also naively believe that Muslims are ‘people of the book’ like themselves. Muslims on the other hand believe all infidels have to die and there is no forgiveness in Islam
Granddaddy says
I can’t speak for all Christians, but just because I forgive doesn’t mean I’m naive about it. I know that people will continue in their sin if that’s what they want to do, no matter what I or anyone else says one way or the other. We also all don’t support the Pope; personally, I think he’s a shameful fraud and nobody should pay any attention to him, even Catholics. But then I’m not Catholic. As for Christians who naively believe that Muslims are “people of the book” like Christians, that’s not what the Quran says. Anyone who takes the time to read the Quran can see clearly that Allah hates Christians just as much as he hates Jews. We are unbelievers, and that’s really all Allah cares about. As for these people in high places, people who are supposed to tell us the truth and defend us, they could at the very least stop defending Muslims who are simply doing what Allah tells them to do (being good Muslims, in other words: murdering, raping, hating). Allah states very clearly in the Quran that all Muslims are to kill or subjugate everyone who is not Muslim and to continue to fight until Islam reigns supreme everywhere. But if a person doesn’t believe there is a God, if they’ve been told again and again throughout their life that belief in God is naive and that God in fact does not exist, then they won’t believe Muslims can be motivated by something that doesn’t exist. So (I believe the reasoning goes) the real motive, the motive behind so-called belief in God, must be something else: child abuse, spousal abuse, unemployment, oppression, revenge, selfishness. Anything but God. I believe that’s what we’re seeing. I also believe that a person who believes in any God but Allah (Allah is the only god I know of that condones hate and lies and murder) I believe they would eventually see this and attempt to correct it, if they could, instead of letting it continue for decades as it has. Our nation has been guided by atheism for the last 30 years at least. It’s not working. That’s what I meant. Personally, I hope I’m wrong.
J D S says
Right People…Christianity HAD held the world together for 2000 years…Once upon a time in the west People used to go to church with their children in tow…after a span of years parents started sending their children to church and or sunday school but the parents stayed away…then after another span of years the parents stopped sending their kids…AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.While the west slept
the Muslims were busy destroying the true Christians, those stuck in the Muslim countries trying to hold on to their Christian heritage which were there before the Muslims..and the west stood still and did nothing to help them.
dan christensen says
Sweden is the world capital of hypocrisy.
In Sweden the muslims pretend that the integrate and the average swede despises muslims.
Muslims are nicknamed “svart skalling”, meaning “black skull”. But if you are detected uttering this word, you are immediately charged with “hetz mot folkgrup” = “defaming an ethnic group”.
boakai ngombu says
as asked before by JWers: what race is Islam?
boakai ngombu says
what benefit does the SHARIA culture bring to “anywhere?”
mortimer says
Thanks for filling us in, Dan. We were suspecting that many Swedes quietly hate the invasion, but your political system is RIGGED so that only one party can win the election.
The Swedish governmental system is deceitfully designed by the scoundrels who benefit from it.
They are trying to implement POPULATION REPLACEMENT.
dan christensen says
Swedish elections are rigged in a sense.
When you enter a polling station, you are required to pick up one or more paperslips (ballots) to be used in the polling box.
Every political party have their own distinct paperslip. In this way any interested person may identify (and note) which party any voter prefers.
This kind of election is thus not totally secret, as it should be – but apparently nobody cares.
StellaSaidSo says
If a voter picks up a copy of every available ‘paperslip’, no-one would know who he voted for.
dan christensen says
StellaSaidSo: It is not fair to force voters to pick up more ballots in order to secure your right of secrecy.
The swedish government implicitly circumvents the right of secret voting with this system.
However, the same government denies any abuse of secrecy.
Many simpleminded people do not see the hidden threat to democracy here and just grab the single ballot they want.
StellaSaidSo says
If they have the option of picking up more than one paper, they are not being FORCED to pick up only one paper.
Marina says
Islam is not a race. Why is it so hard to grasp!!
Robin says
“Islam is not a race. Why is it so hard to grasp!!”
Because Islam is so utterly stupid that it lacks the ability to persuade by its mere message and can only spread physically, by migration and violence and birthrate, and consequently it remains largely confined in one specific contiguous area famous for its lack of learning and other culture. Hence almost no white or far eastern people, but instead almost all followers of the founding pedo are either middleeast brown or afro black. Contrast with Christianity which has gained followers in all races.
But it remains the case that it is not a race.
TheBuffster says
Robin, that’s not quite true about “almost no far eastern” Muslims. Indonesia is the most highly populated Muslim country on Earth and, like Turkey, is facing a re-radicalization.
gravenimage says
Robin, there are Muslims of all ethnicities–and they are all dangerous to us.
MFritz says
I always wanted to travel to Sweden. Looks like in a couple of years any other shithole country will also do…
Peter says
Does one really need a PhD to come to that conclusion?
Robin says
Anyone doing so without a PhD will be shot on sight. Academic standards must be upheld somehow.
gravenimage says
The idea that those with PhDs can criticize Islam without being accused of being “Islamophobes” by dhimmis is mistaken.
gravenimage says
Swedish Defense College researchers say fear of being called racist is hindering fight against jihad terrorists
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Glad someone in Sweden has finally noticed this–and is brave enough to say so.
LR says
Imagine if someone would have said in 1997, “20 yrs. from now people are going to want to leave Sweden and go to Poland instead.
“You left Sweden to go to Poland, why is that?
Well… it’s obvious for most people I think. Sweden has been in decay for quite some time now. The schools are terrible, simple medical help takes a long time, the violence is increasing on every level and I simply don’t recognise the country I grew up in anymore.
One other reason was that I felt utterly alone in speaking up about what’s going on in Sweden. On a party almost everyone thinks the same but officially you’re pretty much alone. People are afraid to speak up because those that do are branded racists or populists, It’s very disturbing.”…
https://voiceofeurope.com/2017/10/croatian-migrant-leaves-unsafe-sweden-now-lives-happy-poland/
******
Ah, the ‘God of Diversity’…Bow down to it long enough at any cost, and it will ruin your country…
Guy Forester says
No Sheet Sherlock, who clued you in?
Joe says
Racism certainly is ugly, but it much better than Islam. Only a true bigot would choose Islam over racism.
MarkRod says
Hey let’s not make this about race or religion. Islam is not a race or a religion, same as “Christianity” is not a race or religion. This is a conflict of two ideologies or methodologies for human existence, so god, Allah or any other mythical entity shouldn’t even come into it. The ONLY way we’re going to have any real effect is to get to grips with reality to expose and completely expunge this toxic, disease (ideology) of islam from the planet, same as we’ve done with many other diseases like AIDS and Cholera etc. You kill the disease, not the person. Islam is a state of mental sickness or disease which is defined by ignorance, violence, hate and deceit. It needs to be seen and treated as such. Maybe we should offer special islam mental therapy treatment through the National Health Scheme. I think history shows “god’s” not going to help much.