It is estimated that around 10 per cent of the population, or around 1,000,000 people, have a Muslim background in Sweden.
The SOM Institute’s recurring survey of Swedish citizens’ religious involvement shows that only around 90,000 Swedes are members of a Muslim congregation and have visited a mosque at least once in the past year.
That is, one in ten Swedish subjects is culturally or religiously Muslim. This means that, contrary to the leader of the youth wing of the Sweden Democrats, heirs to Nazi ideology, Islam has a strong and ever-growing place in Sweden.
“Islam has no place in Sweden.”
This is what the Young Swedes’ union chairwoman Denice Westerberg (born 2002) says during her speech at the Sweden Democrats’ National Days.
“The message is that if you are going to call Sweden your homeland, you have to adapt to Sweden,” she elabourates afterwards.
Denice Westerberg, union chairwoman of the Young Swedes, launches a harsh attack on Islam in her speech at the Sweden Democrats’ National Days.
“Migration has not only brought gang wars. It has also brought with it a culture that does not belong here. A religion that often clashes with our Swedish values. Someone has to dare to say it, Islam has no place in Sweden,” she says from the podium.
Then You Have To Adapt
She elaborates for SVT afterwards.
“I don’t think you can come here and expect to be allowed to practice a religion that often clashes with our Swedish values.”
So, you shouldn’t be allowed to practice Islam?
“Well, you can, to the extent that it doesn’t clash with our Swedish values. I don’t think you should be allowed to wear a burqa in public places. I don’t think police or teachers should wear a veil. I don’t think schools should stop serving pork. There are a lot of countries where you can practice your religion as much as you want. But if you want to come to Sweden, you have to adapt to our laws and values.”
Source:
- SVT (in Swedish)
- Forum för levande historia (in Swedish)
- Boston Review