A top Muslim scholar said the Muslim minority in Sweden would abide by Swedish law in confronting a Christian preacher who insulted Prophet Muhammad, urging his fellow Swedish Muslims not to take the law into their own hands or commit any violent acts to avenge the remarks of the Christian cleric. Norwegian celebrity evangelist preacher Runar Søgaard, in a sermon at Filadelfia church in Stockholm on March 20, repeated claims that Muhammad was "a confused pedophile" since his wives included a girl aged nine years old. Søgaard is under protection by Swedish police after receiving death threats. The sermon has triggered fears of a religious war in Sweden. It is essential according to Islamic teachings to respond to those who defame Muhammad. Muslim extremists in Sweden have urged Al-Qaida's al-Zarqawi to take action in the matter, and radicals of the Salafyist variety have posted a very explicit threat to launch a wave of terrorist attacks against Sweden because of the "insult". The threats were posted on a number of known Islamist forums and were accompanied by rather lurid graphics.
However, Fjordman has documented that Swedish Muslims called for terror attacks against Sweden even before this incident happened. This text was posted on a large Swedish Muslim forum in February 2005: "Wallahi I pray that Allah will severely punish all those who are involved in this war against Islam. And that Sweden will feel the punishment of the Mujahdiin that the USA and Spain and other countries have done for their involvement in Iraq. May Allah punish this hypocrite government, Ameen. Please give me evidence that kuffar (infidels) should NOT be allowed to kill. Why should you not be allowed to call Sweden Darul Harb (the House of War)? Ulama have stated many times that every state that does not judge according to sharia, and does not have a pact with the Muslims or is paying the Jiziya is a part of Dar ul-Harb, which is allowed to attack and their wealth permitted for all Muslims. Why not follow the example of what our Mujahid brother in Holland did with that pig Theo van Gogh? That brother's action really made a difference in the world, and because of it the Muslims now enjoy some respect and eminence among the kuffar. Sure, Muslims enjoy "protection" in Sweden as citizens. So what? There are Muslims in the USA and Israel, too, getting "protection". What difference does it make? Allah made Jihad compulsory. A Muslim has to enter fully into Islam, not just ignore issues as he feels like. This is Islam, not a lunch buffet."
Muslims have been spreading extremism and hate in Sweden for some time. Journalist Salam Karam had on several occasions visited the large mosque on Medborgarplatsen in Stockholm. The aim was to compare the Imam's speeches in Arabic with the interpreters Swedish translations. His report showed that the violent attacks against USA and the West were never translated. The largest mosque in Stockholm was spreading double messages. What the Imam said in his speech in Arabic didn't match how the text was interpreted in Swedish. “America rapes Islam,” the Imam roared in Arabic from the platform. The interpreter translated to Swedish: “We condemn USA's torture of Iraqi prisoners.” Adding to sermons such as these, Radio Islam, based in Sweden, keeps Nazi hate literature such as Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" online in several languages, including English. Should a terror attack occur in Sweden, the country may be unprepared for it. An examination of Sweden's preparedness for a terrorist attack by the Swedish Defense Research Agency, FOI, has found the country’s state agencies lacking.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Eric Olsen
wow, powerful and important information - thanks and welcome Fjordman. Norgies rule!
2 - SFC SKI
Good article.
3 - RJ
Great post! (And scary, too...)
4 - JR
Thought provoking, but it also comes off as a bit of a partisan rant. Not sure how serious I should take this.
5 - Dave Nalle
It's interesting to see how quickly a completely controlled society can become once you introduce immigration into the mix. A country like the US or France or England which has been coping with immigration for centuries might have been able to handle this sort of situation, but Sweden has to have been completely unprepared for it and awfully vulnerable.
Dave
6 - TheAZCowBoy
Keep pulling the dog's tail and when he turns around and bites your face off - I'm sure you will understand why, right?
Muslims pray 5 times a day and they are't giving us the pedofiles, rapists, sodomizers and unmitigated perverts. Nor, the massacres like we saw at Abu Ghrib and GITMO. Many secret torture bases in Afghanistan and Diego Garcia. depleted Urainium caused cancer and 125,000 massacred civilian's in Iraq and Afghanistan, are they?
TheAZCowBoy
Tombstone, AZ.
7 - Dave Nalle
I hesitate to even waste time on this, but I'm compulsive about the truth.
>>Muslims pray 5 times a day and they are't giving us the pedofiles, rapists, sodomizers and unmitigated perverts<<
Actually, all those crimes are as common in Moslem society as they are in western society, with the addition of honor killings and honor rapes.
>>. Nor, the massacres like we saw at Abu Ghrib and GITMO. <<
No one was massacred at either of these places - well Saddam massacred some people at Abu Ghraib - Abu Ghraib is a prison where some prisoners were abused. GITMO is where prisoners are being held without a trial.
>>Many secret torture bases in Afghanistan and Diego Garcia. depleted Urainium caused cancer <<
There's no scientific support for this theory, and no sign of significant depleted uranium pollution in Iraq either.
>>and 125,000 massacred civilian's in Iraq and Afghanistan, are they?<<
A completely innacurate figure. An accurate civilian body count would be closer to 30K for both countries together.
Dave
8 - shaghab
muslims cannot declare war on sweden at all.. coz it protects the muslims living in them.. and there are all kind of muslims and only some are extremists (and are made fool by some political-religeous assholes)..
But many of the muslims are trying to stick to the basics.. which is to have peace.. concept of jihad in islam has been terribly deformed by media and some idiot extremists..
If in that mosque they are spreading double meaning then its wrong.. Islam teaches to speak truth.. (double meaning words are considered lies).. If some muslim is not speaking truth then he is not muslim at all..
honor killing is not in Islam.. Its a social disease not religeous one.. Many non-muslims in indian subcontinent do that as well..
the ideal islamic political and social system has many thing in common with swedish system rather then with saudi government..
9 - Y.A.
This a "nice" piece of hatred propaganda full of non-sense.
10 - Tim Hall
Reading this post is like stepping in a dog turd.
I little googling shows that the white supremacist Stormfront.org is linking enthuisiastically to the original of this post.
It appears Fjordman has some racist friends...
Where is Mac Diva when we need her?
11 - Eric Olsen
I'm sure this IS a partisan rant, but are any of the facts disputed?
When discussing any groups we need to be very careful in distinguishing the beliefs and behaviors of subsets from that of the greater group, but that doesn't mean we can't discuss and condemn the behavior of those subsets.
12 - Shark
C'mon, Fjordman isn't a racist; he's only trying to protect the purity of his Aryan blood.
DaveNalle: "It's interesting to see how quickly a completely controlled society can become once you introduce immigration into the mix."
Huh?
13 - Eric Olsen
Islam isn't a race - what, spcifically, is "racist" in this post?
14 - Dave Nalle
Yes shark, there was a word missing in my sentence. Stick "unstable" in there somewhere - you pick the spot.
The Weekly Standard one of the more trustworthy - if conservative - sources around.
For what it's worth, regardless of his Aryan associations, the problems Fjordman is talking about are documented elsehwere as well. Check this article in
Dave
15 - Norwegian kafir
I can't control who links to my posts. Never had anything to do with white supremacists, never will. It should be mentioned that many of them have VERY good relations with Islamic organizations. They share the same hatred for Jews and democracy.
I also notice nobody has put the finger on anything specifically wrong in my article, they just don't like the conclusion.
No, I don't like Islam. What's racist about that? How does the Islamic race look like?
16 - SFC SKI
It's true, the instances cited here are backed up by reports of similar instances in several other European countries.
17 - Dave Nalle
Um, didn't Fjordman just make his last response under a rather remarkably racist nom de blog?
Dave
18 - Temple Stark
And didn't you just say immigration creates an unstable country? Simplistic to say the least.
In counties who don't like it - yes. The fear of immigration manifests itself greatly and first in hatred of race or ethnicity, not fear of lost jobs.
(Also simplistic but more truthful).
19 - Dave Nalle
I didn't say immigration creates an unstable country. I said it could destabilize a fragile political and economic system like they have in Sweden.
The US's stability is sort of built on immigration. Nothing wrong with it in the system we operate on. The same is true of most of the old colonial powers.
Sweden on the other hand, built their socialist paradise on the basis of a completely stable, even declining population and an economy which was basically self-sustaining with balanced trade and little growth. Everything was in perfect balance.
Large numbers of immigrants weren't factored into that perfectly balanced system and they threw it all out of wack.
Dave
20 - Temple Stark
Ok, that clarification is true. The statement remains simplistic, however.
21 - Norwegian kafir
"Um, didn't Fjordman just make his last response under a rather remarkably racist nom de blog?"
If you're referring to the term "kafir", then yes, it is hate speech. By Muslims against non-Muslims regardless of race. It means "infidel", and is extremely hateful and derogatory when used in the Koran. I just use the term to turn it upside down.
Temple: When it comes to immigration, it depends upon the immigrants. Islam is incompatible with all other religions and cultures on the planet. Importing Islam means democratic suicide. Europe is going to implode or explode if Muslim immigration continues as now.
22 - Dave Nalle
Odd, I'm only familiar with the term used in Afrikaans as a derrogatory slur against black Africans.
Dave
23 - Norwegian kafir
"I'm only familiar with the term used in Afrikaans as a derrogatory slur against black Africans."
I know that exists, but it is not the primary meaning. Go into any hardcore Muslim forum you want, and check the usage. The Arabic plural is "kuffar", infidels. The term "kafir" is used MANY times in the Koran, usually followed by something nasty or violent.
24 - gonzo marx
ok..just spent some time looking up crime statistics in sweden as best as i could since i don't really speak the language... quite a bit can be found in english..but sorting it all out is defineately more than a quick look kind of thing...
i can't seem to find anything about this "trend in school arson" the Author is speaking about...but there is plenty on anti-semitic arson...and even quite a few articles talking about mosque burnings...
definately something to be looked into, but hwat i have found so far tends to make me lean towards the idea that there are problems there, just not only the problems the author of the original Article is talking about...
before anyone gets into drawing conclusions from the disturbing prose set out here i think we would need some links to official statistics backing up the claims put forward, it has been more than 20 years since i was actually in Sweden so i cannot speak from my own experience in the matter...
however...reading the Article again, carefully..i do note not only that the Author has problems with Muslims, but that he seems to have even more issues with the Government and it's policies...
this makes me wonder...especially in light of the easily found statistical rise of criminal incidents stemming from "far right" groups ...
not enough data to draw complete conclusions...but enough for me to take this all with a big grain of kosher sea salt, eh?
Excelsior!
25 - Temple Stark
>>Islam is incompatible with all other religions and cultures on the planet. Importing Islam means democratic suicide. Europe is going to implode or explode if Muslim immigration continues as now.
Oops - evidence of a closed mind.
Sorry, I'm turning you off now.