[ April 19, 2024 ]
Several imams have also been detained.
Sweden: Police Arrest Several Islamists Including Leader of Muslim School
Swedish security service Säpo say they have arrested five radical Islamists in a short period of time, with one of those arrested being one of the main leaders of an Islamic school in western Sweden.
By Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, May 19, 2o19:
The principal of the school said that the arrest of the man, whose identity was not published in a report by Swedish broadcaster SVT, would not affect the functioning of the school itself, refusing to comment further on the matter.
Story continues below advertisementLawyer Lars-Erik Olsson, who previously represented the arrested man, said, “We have not had any contact now, and I also do not know if he will have the opportunity to contact me,” adding, “It does not take much for you to be designated when you are a Muslim.”
Gabriel Wernstedt, press secretary at Säpo, was also tight-lipped on the case, saying, “We never comment on individuals when it comes to our intelligence work.”
Wernstedt did not comment on the fact that several radical imams in Sweden have also been detained.
One of the Imams detained is Riyad Al-Duhan, also known as Abo Raad, who was arrested last month and served as imam for a mosque in the city of Gävle. The imam is known as a proponent of the strict Salafist school of Islamic thought and has been in Sweden for 20 years, but has been rejected for citizenship twice.
The spread of Islamic radicalism has been a major issue in Sweden for several years, with reports showing huge growth in the number of radicals. Swedish researcher Peder Hyllengren of the Swedish Defence College claimed the country had become a base for international jihadists.
Another report from Sweden’s National Centre for Terror Threat Assessment (NCT) released in March 2019 acknowledged that Islamic terrorism was still the number one security threat to Sweden despite victories against the Islamic State terror group in the Middle East.
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22 Comments
4 years ago
The hope is that it will eventually dawn on authorities that the so-called “radical” imams, and the “strict Salafist” muslims are simply adhering to Islam’s commands in its source texts.
4 years ago
The hope is that it will eventually dawn on authorities that the so-called “radical” imams, and the strict Salafists, are simply adhering to Islam’s commands in its source texts.
4 years ago
Reply to
Michael Copeland
They’re simply moslems … just bein’ moslems. A moslem is a moslem is a moslem. They are ALL the same.
4 years ago
Why were the “number 1 security threat in Sweden” (moslems) — invited into Sweden? Why are they still being invited and allowed into Sweden? One reason, and one reason only: The political leaders of Sweden are TRAITORS who need to HANG. Then all moslem arrivals and their offspring since 1995 need to be repatriated to their original homelands. THEN Sweden can begin to feel secure again.
4 years ago
Reply to
Jay Dillon
I don’t know, repatriation is exceedingly costly. While the gallows have been built and furnished with rope, for the political leaders, why not simply round up ALL of the moslems and have them hanged by the neck until dead. A good hemp rope can be used thousand of times.
4 years ago
Of course as soon as the muslims make noise about it , they’ll let them go with no charges .
4 years ago
Would someone please be so kind as to explain/define what “radical Islamism” is. And, while you’re at it, also please define “Islamic terrorism”. I see nothing out of the ordinary, it’s simply moslems …. just bein’ moslems.
4 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
According the “mooslimes Guide for Dummies” a “radical mooslime” is one who can be “tending” to a goat, while simultaneously letting a pig “tend” to him……hope that helps
4 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
LOL, I don’t know if my sympathies lie more w/the goat or the pig.
4 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
You see, that’s an ongoing debate among many mooslime “scholars.” The pig must not be eaten but, they perform so well in ‘other areas.’ Quite a dilemma for the average mooslime in a dirty night shirt.
4 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
So do you do any stand-up comedy? Obviously it would have to be w/different material.
4 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Ha ha, ha. No, I couldn’t hold a candle to all the pros out there 😉
4 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
As has been pointed out before. Use of the word ‘radical’ is inappropriate when applied to Muslims/Islamists. They do not want change they want to keep things traditional as in time of Moham and his followers.
4 years ago
As potentially useful as this discovery is for the police, one penny dropping in a brain somewhere may not make enough noise to wake up the rest of the snoozy Swedish political class and liberal voters.
However, when the noise of discovery resembles a one-armed-bandit coughing up the jackpot, even the dozy Swedes might sit up – at last.
Perhaps enlightenment beckons for Sweden ?
4 years ago
They won’t wise up…they’ll let more in and waste time trying to stop their normal activity of killing, destroying and raping.
4 years ago
religion of peace! for tolerance! for degradation! for Merkel!
4 years ago
Islamic schools are the greatest danger of all!
4 years ago
Watched a program with Levinson Woods travelling through Arabia with last nights program on Syria and Lebanon. Cities like Homs were totally rubble while the former historic city of Palmyra has been smashed by ISIS. Hard to believe these cities before the muslims rivalled European ones.
4 years ago
In Sweden its more likely the outcome will be the security forces thrown into the prison for a “hate crime” and the imams paid a hefty settlement along with an apology from the government.
