The latest sign of civilizational degringolade in Europe comes from the Swedish Department of Justice, in its hysterical reaction to a Facebook posting by Christopher Larsson, who is the leader of the Swedish Democrats — an islamocritical party — in Karlskrona City Council.
Permission had been granted by the Swedish authorities for a local mosque to have a muezzin chant the call to prayer from a minaret in Karlskrona for the very first time. Larsson objected to this, for he understood that the minaret is more than just an innocuous means for broadcasting the call to prayer. Thrusting skyward and lording it over non-Muslim houses of worship, the minaret underscores the Muslim presence, and is potent symbol of Islamic power. It stakes a claim; it says to those non-Muslims forced to endure, five times a day, a raucous call that begins with the first before sunrise, and the last after sundown, that we Muslims are here to stay, we don’t care if our call interferes with your sleep; our “rights” to have the call to prayer broadcast outweigh your rights to sleep.
Erdogan famously once recited a poem, the Soldier’s Prayer, which contains the line: “The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers.” Erdogan understood perfectly that the minarets themselves deliver a bellicose message of Islamic supremacism. And that’s why Muslims are so eager to use these minarets, thrusting skyward and imposing ear-piercing azans on Europe’s Unbelievers. Nowadays it is completely unnecessary to deliver the call to prayer from minarets. Cell phones in universal use can now be programmed to ring softly or vibrate, reminding their owners of the times for prayer, without disturbing the Unbelievers. But that’s just the point: Muslims want to have the call to prayer broadcast from the minarets, even if, or especially if, it is no longer needed, to show the Unbelievers whose claims now prevail.
What was it that Larsson posted at Facebook? He wrote that it was a sad day for Sweden — “a day of mourning occurs on Friday” — and that “allowing the chant from the minaret” was deeply disturbing, He noted that it was not merely a call to prayer, but included the phrase “Allahu Akbar,” the same phase that jihadists routinely cry out when “they explode in the air.” It appears that the Swedish authorities deliberately failed to convey the full meaning of “Allahu Akbar” — a supremacist war cry that means not that “Allah is great” but that “our Allah is greater than your god” — which only makes Larsson’s distress even more justified.
Well, was Larsson wrong? Don’t Muslim terrorists scream “Allahu Akbar” when they attack Infidels? Haven’t survivors of those attacks testified to hearing that? Don’t we have many Islamic propaganda videos showing American armed personnel carriers and tanks being blown up by I.E.D.s,, while on the soundtrack we hear the triumphant screaming of “Allahu Akbar”?
Why is it, in Sweden, impermissible to point this out? How do the Swedes propose to censor all the examples online of “Allahu Akbar” being shouted during attacks? And how can the Swedish authorities charge Larsson with “hatred against an ethnic group”? Which ethnic group are the Muslims? When did Muslims in Sweden — including Arabs, Turks, Persians, Afghanis, Pakistanis, Somalis, Malays, Uighurs, and dozens of varieties of European converts, too — become a single ethnic group? And what exactly was the “hatred” Larsson is accused of spreading? He is objecting to a practice — the unnecessary call to prayer from the minaret in Kalrskrona — not to Muslims as people. There is a difference.
When it comes to Islam, the Swedish government cannot bear very much reality. It simply does not want any unpleasant truths about Islam to be known. Mr. Larsson only stated a few facts, but for Swedish apparatchiks defending Islam, truth is no defense. They do not want to hear, nor do they want ordinary Swedes to hear, about the supremacist Islamic war cry “Allahu Akbar” that half the world already knows by heart. And they want to pretend that Muslims are an ethnic group, in order to persecute, and prosecute, poor Mr. Larsson for a nonexistent hate crime.
What’s the matter with Sweden? I really don’t know. It must be something about the water.
Terry Gain says
The sooner Sweden falls to Islam, the sooner the rest of Europe may wake up. But it may already be too late for that.
gravenimage says
Terry–with all respect–the idea that Sweden falling to Islam being a good thing is much mistaken.
Nothing would so embolden Muslims as to be able to completely take over a Western nation.
There *are* a few patriots remaining in Sweden–Christopher Larsson is one–this may be prevented.
b.a. freeman says
gauging by the growth of the Sweden Democrat party in swedistan, i would venture that there are *more* than a few patriots in that nation. the problem is that the rulers of that former republic do not think that their supposed fellow citizens are capable of making rational decisions, so they have chosen to make decisions on their behalf without asking for their approval. worse yet, they lie to them in order to keep them pacified, and punish those who step out of line, in much the same way that one treats one’s own 5-year-old children; heaven help the poor swede who questions their lies. at least the german party of the left during WWII was more open about their dictatorial intentions.
if the swedes are very, VERY lucky, they will be able to reclaim their nation from the nazis ruling them without a civil war. *NOT* holding my breath, though.
Carol the 1st says
Jimmy Akesson speaks before the Swedish Parliament and gives them a piece of his mind:
Sweden Democrats DEFY Their Left-Wing Globalist Government!!!
Charles says
I say we let go of Sweden. Stop trying to make them aware of their own impending extinction. In 100 years Sweden will not be recognizable, and frankly I don’t really care. Any people who do not defend their principles or culture are doomed in a world of relentless competition. I would even add, let’s make sweden the dumping ground, and the example since they seem so eager to accelerate the process. Sometimes you just have to let go.
Terry Gain says
It is important to recognize when a situation is hopeless.
Dawne says
That is probably a sound idea – to push Islamic migration to Sweden and accept that it will fall, but in doing so help other beleaguered countries.
Simon Harold Shiels says
Sweden bent over backwards so far it has managed to insert its head up its own ass……who elects these legislators/ politicians in Sweden….ohh swedish people….you ve only got yourself to blame…….
Paul J says
+1
Anton Filipenkov says
Unfortunately, the majority of the populace is always prone to be indoctrinated. The nation’s best aka the elite should be the ones to protect their own nation. If needed to indoctrinate the rest of the nation in the right direction. What we are witnessing right now is an anomaly. The elite’s actions in this case are ubsurd self-inflicting mortal wounds.
Savvy Kafir says
No. We should not give up any ground to Islam. An Islamic Sweden would be a base of operations for further attacks and invasions in Europe.
What Sweden needs is a revolution, supported by other Western nations. There are some sensible, patriotic Swedes who despise what is happening to their country.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Thank you, Savvy Kafir. I was just about to make the same comment. This site is called *Jihad* Watch. We should all have noticed by now that every inch ceded to jihad is a springboard for further jihad. To imagine that jihad ends with Sweden is myopic in the extreme. We only turn this around by *rolling back jihad* and it doesn’t matter where that rollback begins and in what order it proceeds, as long as we roll it back. All the way back. *All* the way back. Till there is no Islam left anywhere on our beautiful planet.
gravenimage says
*Thank you*, Savvy Kafir and Anjuli. We should not cede *any* part of the West to Islam.
Lauren Hermann says
Charles, thank you for an excellent post. I don’t know whether you have already seen this but do a search on “Ann Corcoran on refugee resettlement”. The US is going down that same road. Every American citizen needs to wake up!
gravenimage says
I don’t see how preaching surrender is in any way excellent.
Lauren Hermann says
I’m not preaching surrender, gravenimage. Sometimes it’s better to lose a battle (or make it look that way) in order to win the war. War is indeed deception. It may surprise you to know that I am an admirer of Vladimir Putin. The only bad aspect of this world leader is that he isn’t (usually) on our side.
P.S. I always look forward to reading your comments–well stated and informative.
Rufolino says
In less than “100 years” ! And not “unrecognisable”, nonexistent.
BC says
Charles you have just repeated basically Hitler’s line of argument. Only the fittest ie most superior should and can survive.
His dying testament was that the German ‘race’ or Aryan had failed to prove their superiority
Halal Bacon says
I say let ‘er rip, the locust always leave after killing the crops
Savvy Kafir says
These aren’t locusts. They will never leave, except at gunpoint — which is exactly what needs to happen.
gravenimage says
They would not leave. If Sweden *were* to fall to Islam, Muslims would use Sweden as a base to wage Jihad on its neighbors. Is *that* what you are touting?
dan christensen says
Half the Swedish government are femi-nazis, who also has control the major Swedish TV-channels.
The former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, has declared that “the Global Compact on Migration” is not legally, but politically, binding.
Furthermore, Sweden would like to see forms of cooperation that improve the implementation of agreed principles and commitments made, including international instruments in the field of migration setting out obligations for ratifying states.
A dental technician in Sweden was recently convicted of reporting to the authorities that a ‘minor’ migrant boy in reality was older than 20. The ‘boy’ had lied about his age. The dental technician was fined $100000 for reporting the criminal ‘boy’, besides being fired from his job.
It is common practice in Sweden to be shunned, fired and kicked out of a trade union, if the find out that you are a member of the “Sweden democrats” political party. Stalin could not have performed better. You even risc to be harassed by hostile journalists in your own home.
No wonder that Hermann Göring married a Swede and loved the little northern fascist state.
Emma says
the matter with Sweden is it is led by women, or to be more precise, feminists. As a woman myself, i often battle within myself the temptation to prioritize emotional feel good decisions of the moment over logical rational ones. And other women around me, when presented with sob stories of refugees, often choose the feel good decision in the moment of letting them in, than the hard core objective stance of closing our borders to ensure the future security of our culture and nation.
Wellington says
As Dennis Prager said just the other day, if only men voted in America we would have solid Republican majorities at the national and state levels. While men certainly have their faults, and it is important to tame the young male early on and civilize him because the vast majority of violent crimes are committed by young males, the female gender can be faulted for what you mentioned, i.e., too much reliance upon feelings which is due to the greater utilization by females of the right hemisphere of the brain where our feelings lie. In the final analysis tough decisions must be made with the mind and not the heart (the word “heart” here being code for greater utilization of the right rather than the left hemisphere of the brain). Here men have the advantage and this is just the way things are, feminists crying toxic masculinity notwithstanding.
Just as the male must discipline himself to act in a civilized fashion (in a state of nature the male would easily dominate because of such factors as greater strength, greater quickness, greater speed and fewer feelings), so must the female not allow feelings to dominate her decision making. If any of this strikes one as sexist, my response is that you have allowed yourself to not be educated but rather indoctrinated.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Little boys learn at a very early age that, just because one has an emotion doesn’t mean one must or should act on that emotion. In general a male’s strongest emotions are aggression and anger. Female’s strongest emotions are often far more benevolent. Emotions of anger and aggression usually result in infractions that are very visible: broken windows, broken furniture, fights, brawls, injuries etc. So corrections are swiftly and consistently applied. So most boys learn that emotions, by themselves, can get you into “hot water.” Most boys, long before puberty, learn to apply tests of prudence and logic to their impulses. They learn that good things happen to those who defer immediate gratification. “You can’t help what you feel but you can help what you do.” The minority of boys who never learn this, usually up finding themselves in a penitentiary setting.
Little girl’s emotions and impulses tend to be far more benevolent. But misdemeanor are still undertaken: stealing friends from each other, malevolent gossip, etc. The outcomes of these misdemeanors are less likely to be noticed and therefore are less likely to be corrected. So little girls are less likely to grow up with this internal break that tells them, “hey, wait a minute, this might not be a good idea in the long run.” Decisions are more likely to be made based on the amount of immediate emotional gratification that comes from it rather than a forethought of the consequences and outcomes.
Wellington says
Fine post. And I would add that the differences between male and female are horizontal differences, not vertical ones. The female’s greater reliance on emotions, rooted in the right hemisphere of the brain, really does give credence to that sixth sense that the male does not possess nearly as much. Advantage here to the female.
Strengths and weaknesses in both genders. Wish more people would realize this. Better for all were this so.
This too: Single females in a free society are definitely more inclined to rely upon more government as a substitute for the man. Denying this is like denying the earth revolves around the sun. And more government nine times out of ten is a negative.
Keys says
Your post, FCI, brings to mind Plato’s imaginative allegory of the charioteer in the Phaedrus. Thank God for testosterone, and spirited horses.
Reminds me too of Maurice Chevalier’s version of “Thank Heaven for Little Girls “ … “For without them, what would little boys do?”
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No doubt elections would be different without our women’s vote, but there are so many leftist men now – lots of “Massholes” all over the land.
I think another significant effect on elections in the USA is the 18 year old vote. Not in favor of it. (Not to mention open borders. Not in favor of it.)
Some argue that if young men and women are old enough to serve in the military at 18, they are old enough to vote. That does not follow, however, I could agree that if they are, or have, served in the military, that they have the right to vote, but not all 18 year olds.
Nowadays, even 21 may be too young to vote !
gravenimage says
Ravening Jihadists–most of whom are male–are not exactly models of rational thought…
I don’t think this is ultimately about gender. There are male and female dhimmis, and male and female Anti-Jihadists.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
gravenimage, male jihadis actually help prove my point. Their naturally aggressive impulses have never been regulated as we and our culture would have regulated and corrected them. The Mohammadan culture values these men over women and validates their impulsive, violent actions because they are in line with the Koran and the Sunna.
An aside: I know that in present usage, the word “gender” is to be taken as a synonym for “sex.” But formerly and formally, this is incorrect. Its improper use rubs me the wrong way, even now, because the people who first pretentiously and ignorantly adopted it for serious usage (Oscar Wilde first coined it to make a joke; his fictional character was being ridiculously prudish) are the very same people who brought us the politics of virtue signalling, political correctness, safe spaces, mindless leftist dogma, knee-jerk indignation at imagined offenses, and empty headed socialism. I might be an old fuddy-duddy but I still think that “gender” is a grammatical term and should never be used instead of the perfectly correct “sex.” There are three genders and only two sexes.
gravenimage says
I take your point, Flavius. I only used “gender” because so often these days the use of “sex” is assumed to the act itself, rather than a reference to men and women.
Dave says
Look at the countries which have female Prime ministers: Sweden, Germany, UK, to name a few. What a state they are in. Muslims welcome. Inviting trouble.
gravenimage says
The current Prime Minister of Sweden is Stefan Löfven–who is not a woman. In fact, Sweden has *never* had a female Prime Minister.
And while you are quite correct that Merkel and May are appalling, one could not say the same of other female leaders like Margaret Thatcher or Golda Meir.
There are bad female leaders–but there are also plenty of male leaders who are as dhimmified or worse.
dan christensen says
And most femis hate to make decisions, because they think life is just a sequence of static scenes that changes quietly in succession. Males know that making changes for a new scene has a cost – sometimes high!
gravenimage says
If this poster thinks like this about women, why doesn’t he just convert to Islam now? He is in perfect agreement with Mohammedans.
Rarely says
Thanks folks. I needed a good laugh. LOL.
Check with the muslims. They have a system that deals with all your concerns. It puts women and “children” in their place. LOL
James Lincoln says
Compare and contrast Sweden versus Hungary:
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is very bright and articulate – and speaks the truth about the Muslim migrant invasion and multiculturalism.
It’s obvious that he has a completely different mindset from the typical Swedish feminist leader / politician – and that makes all of the difference. The Swedes, in general, are far left liberal, soft, politically correct, etc. The Swedes will lose their country because of this mindset and attitude.
Watch how he effortlessly takes down journal CNN’s Christine Amanpour. She is out of her league when trying to corner this Hungarian Foreign Minister.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaExDTVi0Wk
Will Doohan says
Thanks for posting that J. Lincoln. He was very calm and convincing, certainly not ‘far-right’ as all politicians who disagree with the leftists are called now.
Christiane Amanpour was her usual asshole self.
Paul J says
This women is a shining example of just how stupid and bombastic modern leftard feminists are. Also of course what else can you expect from a presenter on the Communist News Network
Or Else! says
Her intro is filled with her own slant…leftist buzzwords.
According to the ignorant, self-righteous Leftists, taking a stand against Islam is a “populist, nationalist phenomenon” of male leaders using “draconian” immigration policies.
Ha! How much more draconian can you get than Islam’s immigration/migration policies?
Little does she know that Islam uses the soft underbelly of “multiculturalists” to gain secure foothold in numbers and politics. Then…look out. Shari’ah at its core is the NEGATION of multiculturalism.
Lauren Hermann says
+1
No Muzzies Here says
Sweden elected feminists due to its addiction to benefits from the government. The feminists acted swiftly to cut men’s balls off, which they did, and now Sweden is willingly bowing before its new masters in voluntary submission.
LeftisruiningCanada says
Voluntary islam indeed
Jay Dillon says
Swedish army engineers should begin demolishing minarets and any other moslem enemy architectural features.
Paul J says
Where is a Viking when you need one? Or 1 million?
Max says
From what is hapenning in Sweden, you would think that the Muslims were the original citizens and that they been generous enough to allow non- Muslim migrats to come from somewhere else. So, the Muslims have a right to force the non-migrats to endure the muezzin chant call to prayer five times a day.
Stefan Löfven’s Social Democrats, a extreme leftist party, is only supported by a small proportion of the voters. the problem is that they are being supported by another party, called “Moderates” that is almost as leftists as the Social Democrats. They do this to prevent the only centre-right party, the Sweden Democrats, from having any influence to stop the crazy Muslim immigration.
In the end, the people have the politicians they deserve.
Lydia Church says
The thing is, it’s all sort of ‘over.’
I’m not suggesting total apathy. I go out and protest things, I sign petitions, I make my voice heard all over, etc. But I not only resigned things to their fate, I already knew the destiny was doom before I began. But that’s part of the reason I have been doing this, to alert folks to all that is happening. There are things to focus on and things to not obsess over. I’m not telling anyone to lay down and die just because ‘the end is here.’
But you just have to be strategic about what you spend your time and energy and hope on. At some point soon the whole world will be totally unrecognizable and I don’t mean just due to the muslim invasions. And in the end all that will matter is if you answered God’s call for your heart or not, if you read the Bible or not, if you made your vows to Jesus or not. Everyone hangs their hopes on another coat rack that will only disappoint and it’s better to find out about this sooner rather than later.
gravenimage says
Lydia–with all respect–there have been people forecasting the immanent end of the world for many centuries now. Certainly, the rise of Fascism eighty years ago looked like the end of the world–but it wasn’t. What if good people had just laid down and given up then?
We don’t know the hour. It think it is best that good people *always* act as though their efforts can make a difference. They so often can.
dan christensen says
Somebody has got to do something, but not me.
Mathmatician Tom Lehrer said it very cleverly: Life is just like sewer, what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it.
We then may add: What we put into, it is plain worldwide overpopulation and the planet is the sewer.
Mainly religion keeps the sewer clogged.
gravenimage says
Islam is the big problem. What other religion is a threat to us?
NITAZAKHON says
The situation is dire – the Great Replacement is nearing end-game:
https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/02/sweden-population-replacement-in-full-swing-one-in-four-students-has-migrant-background/
Jack Cade says
It was worth reading the article just to find the word “degringolade”! The perfect word in this instance.
gravenimage says
True, Jack. No matter how grim the topic, reading Hugh Fitzgerald is always a delight.
patriotliz says
Sweden is cowardly.
Sweden has submitted to an intolerant bully.
That bully happened to be cloaked as a “religion.”
Don’t criticize the “religion” because it will attack you and kill you.
gravenimage says
Hugh Fitzgerald: What’s the Matter with Sweden?
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What’s wrong with Sweden is what is wrong with the rest of the West–and much of the rest of Dar-al-Harb. Denial and “political corrrectness”.
Kudos to Christopher Larsson for being brave enough to point out the threat of Islam in Sweden, He is a true patriot.
TruthHonestReality says
Islam and the leftist globalists plan has already won. I wish that wasn’t the case but it has. We all deserve what ever may come next. We all sat back and kept our mouths shut while we also kept collecting our paychecks. The moment islam came here and got there very first special treatment was when everyone should have said NO. Now it’s just going to be a slow descent into islam for all.
The only way this stops is if a massive shift occurs throughout the west or if some type of event that wakes people up, I just don’t see that happening because a large portion of the population is always say “F all white people” and half of them are white, yes were screwed.
gravenimage says
Another call for surrender. No thanks.
dumbledoresarmy says
Exactly. *I* would rather focus on the interesting fact that in Sweden – yes, Sweden, despite everything – there *is* an Islamocritical party, indeed, a party more specifically and in a focused manner Islamocritical, than in other parts of ‘the West’.
Quote – “a Facebook posting by Christopher Larsson, who is the leader of the Swedish Democrats — an islamocritical party — in Karlskrona City Council.”
Kudos to Christopher Larsson! Also – I wonder how old he is? Many in the Swedish Democrats are quite young – say, in their 30s or 40s. They have been brought up in modern Sweden, they have been told all the same lies about Islam as everybody else.. and yet they have figured things out for themselves; *that* gives me hope.
We Jihadwatch posters should be celebrating Larsson’s courage, and urging any Islamo-aware Swedes here present – whether posting or quietly lurking and listening – to find ways of getting behind Mr Larsson and encouraging him, whether by emailing, phoning, texting, tweeting, or… joining his party! Or just making an anonymous donation to the Swedish Democrats. They can get behind him and push!