MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

One that demands that we tolerate them while they are intolerant of everyone else, among other things …

Qur’an Sura 5:51, “O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them [unbelievers]; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

‘Immigrant’ youths from a mainly Muslim area of Stockholm hurl rocks at police during a week of rioting in May 2013. (Image source: RT YouTube video)

By Mudar Zahran, Gatestone Institute – “Renowned for tolerance and multiculturalism, Sweden has been most welcoming to immigrants from Muslims countries. As a result, today 350,000 of Sweden’s population of 9.5 million are Muslims. On a recent visit to Sweden, this Muslim author saw that the Swedes’ welcoming and tolerance have been abused by many Muslims. They respond to Sweden’s kindness by seeking to Islamize the place.

According to a 2007 report by the Open Society Institute, the Muslim population of Sweden is estimated at between 250,000 and 400,000, representing between 1.8% and 4.4% of the Sweden’s population.

In Uppsala, the fourth-largest city in Sweden and the seat of Archbishop of the Church of Sweden, a Swedish activist complained that the Muslim-dominated areas in Uppsala were ‘full of fundamentalists who are out of control… even the Swedish police fear going there because many Arab and Muslim youth will attack them with rocks. Even providers of Swedish state services are afraid to operate in the Muslim and Arab areas in Uppsala.’

A local police officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity — noting that he was not speaking in the name of the authorities — confirmed what the activist said. ‘Police cars that approach Arab and Muslim areas are regularly attacked with rocks,’ he said. ‘At the moment, local Swedish authorities are not sure how to keep providing public services in those areas. They are even considering rolling back certain state services there. It is just too risky to operate in such a hostile environment. A few residents of the Arab-Muslim areas in Uppsala describe their neighborhoods as ‘Sharia areas where Sweden’s government is not welcome.’

Another police officer said, ‘We think of them [the Muslims] as Swedes, all are equal under the law, this is how we do things in Sweden. We would never judge the majority by the actions of few, there are many great Muslims we deal with… but we still cannot understand why many Muslims in this town hate us so much? We have never done anything bad to them!’

A local businessman in Uppsala, said, ‘I just feel sad for the insults we get from many Arabs and Muslims in this town. We consider them Swedes; they consider us enemies. We are doing our job, we are protecting them, and we will never fail them or look down on them, why are we received with such hostility?’

In Stockholm, while wearing my usual Palestinian keffiyeh headscarf, I went to the Jewish neighborhood and took a lengthy stroll there. No one gave me a bad look; one young man asked to take a photo with me.

This incident made me wonder: Would a Jew wearing a skullcap be tolerated if he entered an Arab or Muslim-dominated area in Sweden?” Read more.