Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
01-03-2015, 01:35 AM
Thousands of people in Sweden show the right way to respond to Islamophobia
Updated by Amanda Taub on January 2, 2015, 12:50 p.m. ET
Swedes felt a duty to publicly reaffirm the country's identity as a place that is tolerant and welcoming towards immigrants.
In many countries, anti-immigrant populism dominates the public conversation about immigration not because it necessarily represents the majority view, but because people with more moderate and tolerant views don't make it a priority to speak up publicly. These demonstrations suggest that Sweden may be different: thousands of people took to the streets to say that they are not willing to stay silent, and will not allow extremists to dominate the debate.
And that's important, because the mosque attacks come at a time of rising tension over Islamophobia and immigration in Sweden. Omar Mustafa, the head of Sweden's Islamic Association, told Swedish newspaper The Local that he believes Islamophobia is getting worse. "It's not just on the internet, this is happening in real life," he said, noting that there had been 14 attacks on Swedish mosques in the last year.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is also on the rise. The far-right Sweden Democrat party won 13 percent of the vote in a recent election after campaigning on an anti-immigration and anti-refugee platform. Last month, the Sweden Democrats nearly managed to cause the collapse of the center-left coalition government, and promised to make the next elections a referendum on immigration policy. However, on December 27 the government announced an eight-year agreement with center-right opposition parties that cut out the Sweden Democrats, preventing the far right party from forcing its agenda.
The demonstration and "love bombing" were a powerful way for ordinary Swedes to reject racism and show support for Muslims. But the march also carried broader political significance, because it showed that Swedes felt a duty to publicly reaffirm the country's identity as a place that is tolerant and welcoming towards immigrants.
The demonstration and "love bombing" were a powerful way for ordinary Swedes to reject racism and show support for Muslims. But the march also carried broader political significance, because it showed that Swedes
Insanity!! Islam is not a race!!! This is the propaganda game the leftists and muslims play--citing "racism" to divert attention away from the true cause of the opposition= Islam's commands to use violence! To divert attention away from its worldwide murder campaigns!!
The idiots don't understand the attacks on the mosques are actually patriots trying to save that country!
If this article represents the majority thinking in that nation-then they are doomed to extinction very soon IMHO..
For Islam and leftists will deceive them until they have control then institute sharia law--murder all that oppose it...
Yet again so-called enlighten people scream for their conquerors and cry for more all in the name of the only God they know at the
altar of "tolerance"...
FFing stupidity on parade--hell they should burn every damn mosque there to the ground!
Its not that they are immigrants you ffing idiots--its their damn religion!!! --- -TYR
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Updated by Amanda Taub on January 2, 2015, 12:50 p.m. ET
Swedes felt a duty to publicly reaffirm the country's identity as a place that is tolerant and welcoming towards immigrants.
In many countries, anti-immigrant populism dominates the public conversation about immigration not because it necessarily represents the majority view, but because people with more moderate and tolerant views don't make it a priority to speak up publicly. These demonstrations suggest that Sweden may be different: thousands of people took to the streets to say that they are not willing to stay silent, and will not allow extremists to dominate the debate.
And that's important, because the mosque attacks come at a time of rising tension over Islamophobia and immigration in Sweden. Omar Mustafa, the head of Sweden's Islamic Association, told Swedish newspaper The Local that he believes Islamophobia is getting worse. "It's not just on the internet, this is happening in real life," he said, noting that there had been 14 attacks on Swedish mosques in the last year.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is also on the rise. The far-right Sweden Democrat party won 13 percent of the vote in a recent election after campaigning on an anti-immigration and anti-refugee platform. Last month, the Sweden Democrats nearly managed to cause the collapse of the center-left coalition government, and promised to make the next elections a referendum on immigration policy. However, on December 27 the government announced an eight-year agreement with center-right opposition parties that cut out the Sweden Democrats, preventing the far right party from forcing its agenda.
The demonstration and "love bombing" were a powerful way for ordinary Swedes to reject racism and show support for Muslims. But the march also carried broader political significance, because it showed that Swedes felt a duty to publicly reaffirm the country's identity as a place that is tolerant and welcoming towards immigrants.
The demonstration and "love bombing" were a powerful way for ordinary Swedes to reject racism and show support for Muslims. But the march also carried broader political significance, because it showed that Swedes
Insanity!! Islam is not a race!!! This is the propaganda game the leftists and muslims play--citing "racism" to divert attention away from the true cause of the opposition= Islam's commands to use violence! To divert attention away from its worldwide murder campaigns!!
The idiots don't understand the attacks on the mosques are actually patriots trying to save that country!
If this article represents the majority thinking in that nation-then they are doomed to extinction very soon IMHO..
For Islam and leftists will deceive them until they have control then institute sharia law--murder all that oppose it...
Yet again so-called enlighten people scream for their conquerors and cry for more all in the name of the only God they know at the
altar of "tolerance"...
FFing stupidity on parade--hell they should burn every damn mosque there to the ground!
Its not that they are immigrants you ffing idiots--its their damn religion!!! --- -TYR
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