Racism Sweden

Sweden's police investigate shooting near Israeli target in Gothenburg, no injuries reported

The shooting took place near a Swedish unit of Elbit Systems, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported, citing police.

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People demonstrate outside the Stockholm District Court as they wait for the verdict in the case of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prosecution official accused of crimes against international law and murder in Iran in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden
Demonstrators burn the Swedish flag during a protest against a man who burned a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm, in front of the Swedish Embassy in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2023

Swedish government considers allowing police to stop Quran burnings

The decision to appoint a commission met with immediate scepticism from several political parties, including the government's support party, the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats.

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A man displays a placard during a protest following the burning of the Koran in Stockholm, outside the embassy of Sweden in London, Britain, January 28, 2023.

Sweden raises terrorist alert level after Quran burnings

Sweden's SAPO security service raised the terrorist alert from 3 to 4 on a scale from 1-5, reflecting a high threat.

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Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of new NATO headquarters during the move to the new building, in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2018.

Sweden’s NATO bid still hangs in the balance, despite Turkish support

After objecting for a year to Sweden’s bid to join NATO, Turkey finally relented. But tensions are still high, with recent Quran burnings, Kurdish groups, and Turkey’s EU membership bid at the center

|ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Photo of lone woman standing against marching neo-Nazis in Sweden goes viral

The image was uploaded to social media and has since gained over 27,000 likes and has nearly 7,000 shares.

MAY 8, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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The Stockholm syndrome

Is the anti-Israel rhetoric of Sweden’s ruling Social Democratic Party down to a desire to placate the Arab world and its own restless Muslim community?

DECEMBER 24, 2015ByZVI MAZEL
Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom

Jerusalem irked by Swedish FM’s tweet on ‘violence

Margot Wallstrom's tweet failed to name Palestinians as the ones carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians.

OCTOBER 15, 2015ByHERB KEINON
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Second Swedish mosque targeted by arsonists in 4 days amid debate on Muslim immigration

Fire set to mosque in southern town of Eslov after five people were hurt in Christmas day arson attack on mosque in Eskilstuna.

DECEMBER 29, 2014ByREUTERS
Building housing a mosque in the town of Eskilstuna, Sweden that was a target of an arson attack

Swedish mistake

Swedes tend to believe that others – including Muslim immigrants and their offspring living in Sweden – see the world like they do; Many do not.

OCTOBER 5, 2014ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government during a Parliament session in Stockholm October 3