Two concerned women priests with the Church of Sweden have rightly expressed concerns over whether the imam genuinely shares the same “core values” with the Church. For reasons Mark Durie explained here, there is also the matter of Islamic Friday prayers to be held in a church-owned facility. In any event, the penalty for apostasy […]
Sweden: Politician not guilty of “agitation against an ethnic group” for nude Muhammad poster
The freedom of speech survives, for now, in Sweden. Do you think Carl P. Herslow would have been put on trial for a poster mocking Jesus Christ? “Politician on trial for nude Muhammad poster,” from The Local, March 3: A Swedish politician facing charges for producing a poster depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad naked together […]
Iraqi security service warned U.S. about Stockholm jihad bomber
Whom did they tell? Did the U.S. officials involved notify the Swedes? If not, why not? Why was Taimour Abdulwahab still traveling around freely and able to engage in a jihad mass-murder plot? “‘Abdulwahab was trained in Iraq,’” by Tommie Ullman for Stockholm News, January 7: The Arabic Tv-channel al-Arabyia claims that the Iraqi security […]
Sharia in Sweden: Ice hockey referee suspended for Muhammad cartoon on Facebook
UPDATE: Jihad Watch reader Tol has kindly sent in a correct translation, which now appears below. Apparently it is now against the rules of the Swedish ice hockey league to draw pictures of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Sharia comes to Sweden: here is an English translation of “Hockeydomare stängs av efter karikatyr pÃ¥ Facebook,” […]
Sweden got Munir Awad freed from Somali jail — he showed his gratitude by joining jihad plot against Danish newspaper
Thanks a lot, kuffar. “Danish attack plot suspect in previous arrests,” by Nina Larson for AFP, December 31 (thanks to David): STOCKHOLM — One of five men held over a foiled plot to massacre staff at a Danish newspaper had twice been arrested abroad suspected of terror links, the foreign ministry and media said Friday. […]
Denmark: Four Muslims arrested in jihad terror plot against newspaper that printed Motoons
The Muhammad cartoons are still, in the minds of Islamic supremacists the world over, worth killing for. “BREAKING Four Held In Denmark Terror Arrests,” from SkyNews, December 29 (thanks to Benedict): Four people suspected of planning a terror attack against a newspaper that printed controversial cartoons about the Prophet Mohammed have been arrested. Danish intelligence […]
Iraqi government asks Sweden to stop returning Christian refugees to Iraq: “we cannot protect them”
Sweden returned five Iraqi Christians to the land from which they had fled, saying that a situation of “relative peace” prevailed there. Now the Iraqi government begs to differ. An update on this story. “We Cannot Protect Assyrians and Other Minorities: Iraqi Official,” by Nuri Kino for AINA, December 27: Stockholm (AINA) — In a […]
Sweden forcibly repatriates five Christians to Iraq, citing “situation of relative peace” in the country
Even the UN called them out on this one. “Five Iraqi Christians seeking asylum returned from Stockholm. UN protest,” from AsiaNews, December 18: Baghdad (AsiaNews / Agencies) – Harsh criticism of the Swedish government by the United Nations Commission for Refugees after they forcibly returned five Iraqi Christians seeking asylum in Sweden. The five were […]
Jewish group urges Jews to exercise “extreme caution” when visiting southern Sweden
“We reluctantly are issuing this advisory because religious Jews and other members of the Jewish community there have been subject to anti-Semitic taunts and harassment.” Islamic supremacists are the culprits, of course, and dhimmi Swedish authorities stand by passively. “Jews warned about visiting southern Sweden,” from The Local, December 16 (thanks to Twostellas): A US-based […]
Police hunting accomplice of Stockholm jihadist
“Detectives have … failed to find any trace of explosives in properties linked to the bomber, suggesting someone else could have made the bombs at an unknown location.” Time will tell if the bomb builder or the person inhaling in the background on the suicide tape (if they are different people) made the list of […]