Sweden's Political Landscape: In Muslim Neighborhoods, Firemen and Emergency Workers Refuse to Enter Without Police Protection

We are in the midst of being innundated with political ads by phone, TV, radio and internet. How would you like to live in Sweden which has 7 political parties and governs with alliances that can fall apart quickly. The Sweden Democrats party isn't very old (although I don't know how old any of them are) and appears to be more nationalistic than the others--looks to me like this is their Tea Party. Sweden now has about 1/9 of its population as immigrants, so I'm guessing the politically incorrect nationalists are starting to look a bit better to the liberal Swedes.

"During the last several decades, massive immigration-flows to Sweden have transformed the country to the point where immigrants, many of whom refuse to learn Swedish and integrate into Swedish society, now make up almost 20% of the country's total population. Of the 9.4 million Swedes, roughly 1.5 million are foreign-born. In addition, there are an estimated 1 million children of immigrants, 100,000 illegal immigrants, and 50,000 more asylum-seekers awaiting clearance. Further, about 100,000 additional immigrants enter the country each year.

In Malmö, Sweden's third-largest city, almost 40% of the population is foreign; and some immigrant neighborhoods in the city have unemployment rates exceeding 60%. In Malmö's mostly Muslim Rosengard neighborhood, fire and emergency workers refuse to enter without police protection. An immigrant-fuelled crime wave affects one of every three Malmö families each year, while the number of rapes has tripled in 20 years.

Highlighting the increasing assertiveness of Sweden's Muslim community, the Muslim Council of Sweden recently dispatched letters to each of the major political parties in Sweden demanding special legislation for Muslims in Sweden. The demands included: the right to specific Islamic holidays; special public financing for the building of mosques; a demand that all divorces between Muslim couples be approved by an Imam; and that Imams should be allowed to teach Islam to Muslim children in public schools."

At least in Finland the immigrants learn Swedish, just like the Finns do. I wonder if on her next trip with 40 of her closest friends, Michelle might want to be a guest of Sweden? Might open her eyes. Then she could talk to her husband.

Sweden's Political Landscape: In Muslim Neighborhoods, Firemen and Emergency Workers Refuse to Enter Without Police Protection :: Hudson New York