Sweden: Islamic Association Demands Special Laws For Muslims

From Western Resistance.com:

Mahmoud Aldebe, who is head of the Swedish Muslim Association, (SMF), has written to Sweden's parliamentary parties, demanding special laws for Muslims in Sweden.

Little Green Footballs has covered this already. However the comments section of that blog sometimes infuriate me more than the issue. The usual comment mob load up on 'Europes fucked' euroweenie cliches and rub their hands in glee.

So has Sweden rolled over and died? No. Read the story.

Aldebe is head of the SMF, a CAIR/MCGB equivalent. He sent a letter advocating that imams should be allowed into state schools to give Muslim children separate lessons in Islam and also the languages of their parents' countries. He demanded that swimming lessons in schools should have boys and girls segregated, and also said that in cases of divorce for Muslims, these should be approved by an imam. He also demanded that separate burial grounds be provided for Muslims.

Aldebe's letter was then vehemently dismissed by Jens Orback, Sweden's integration and equality minister, who said:

"We will not have separate laws in Sweden. In Sweden, we are all equal before the law. In Sweden, we have fought for a long time to achieve gender-neutral laws, and to propose that certain groups should not be treated like others is completely unacceptable.."

Orback said he had spoken to representatives of the Swedish Muslim Council who said they did not agree with Aldebe's proposals.

"I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make proposals such as this that are so opposed to our intentions, when we are fighting for women's rights and the right to divorce."

There are five Islamic organisations in Sweden. Abd al Haqq Kielan (formerly Leif Larsson) converted to Islam thirty years ago, now the chairman of the Swedish Islamic Association, was scathing of Abdele's propositions, calling them "absurd", and suggested they would lead to a "sort of Mullah-rule that people are scared of."

(Quite!)

"He is lucky if he speaks for 70 of his members," Keilan said. "If you open the gate for separate laws for different minorities, where will it end? We have to have one law for all citizens. That is so obvious that I don't understand how he can come up with such an idea."

(It was probably born out of that anglo saxon ideal - multi culturalism, Mr Keilan!)

Other Muslims criticised Aldebe's suggestions. Mariam Osman Sherifay, a lawmaker within the ruling Social Democratic Party, said:

"If we are going to live here, we should adapt to the laws that exist - we should not have a separate law just because we have a different faith."

The leader of the Liberal Party, Lars Leijonborg, wrote:

"Sweden has equality between men and women. To introduce exceptions for Muslims so that women can be oppressed with the support of the law is completely unacceptable to me."


There are Europeans standing up and making a difference and they should be celebrated when they do. Of course this shows you how quickly some people pick up on the act to profit from weak multicultural ethics. Where were the US and UK governments on the issue of free speech? Were they half as angry?

Why are WE the ones on the back foot over our values? Attack is the best form of defense. Bravo Sweden.