That is, the club of Nations that have opened their borders to Muslim immigrants only to be attacked from within.
Sweden’s first Islamic terror attack
Sorry I didn’t get around to posting this sooner, I’ve been away. But, I did read some early reports and noted that the Swedish press was dancing around the issue of whether this was a case of a Muslim immigrant attacking the country that had “welcomed the stranger.”
Here is an article from the Christian Science Monitor that actually makes the connection between an Islamic extremist and the issue of open borders by western countries to immigrants of all persuasions. The CSM dares to mention the changing political landscape in heretofore Far Left Sweden.
Two explosions rocked central Stockholm Saturday evening in what Swedish police have called a terrorist attack.
One man, who appears to have been a suicide bomber, was killed, and two people were injured. The explosions occurred about ten minutes after a Swedish news agency and police received a threatening e-mail that referred to Sweden’s troops in Afghanistan and a Swedish cartoonist’s controversial 2007 depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.
The attacks bring the struggle with terrorism to Sweden, which until now has avoided the violent attacks that have taken place in other European nations.
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Resentment toward Islam and Muslim immigrants is rising in Sweden, as in other European nations.
In September, the far-right Sweden Democrats won a surprising 20 seats in Parliament. The group is staunchly anti-immigration, and particularly against Muslim immigrants.
Here is our coverage from back in October about the Swedish elections. I can always tell when something is happening in Sweden even before I see the news, because this old post, one of our most widely read posts, must be high on search engines.
Endnote! For the most thorough news on European radical Islamic activity visit Gates of Vienna (it is in our blogroll) regularly. They were on top of the Swedish bomber story from the beginning (because they have contacts in Sweden). I see they have posted this story from The Mail which has determined that the bomber, an Iraqi immigrant to Sweden, was educated in England.
And, be sure to read “Why Sweden?” by Robert Spencer at Frontpage Magazine, here.