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Anti-Semitism Malm and Church Sweden Malm

anti-Semitism: He has become a champion in the fight against anti-Semitism in Malmö, a town a little smaller than Halifax perched on the southern tip of Sweden, according to CBC. Muslim immigrants, most with roots in the Middle East, make up nearly a third of Malmö population. The 23-year-old Muslim is the child of Iranian parents, refugees of the Iran-Iraq war. Listen to Karin Wells' full documentary on tensions in Malmö, "Safe is not enough." Cultural tension in the town has been building for years, much of it directed against the new immigrants, but anti-Semitism has also been rising. Derakhti gets hate mail from the far-right and death threats from fellow Muslims. "When we have let the world into our town, we have the political controversy you have in the Middle East," says Anders Ekelm, vicar of the Church of Sweden in Malmö. "Among those people you will find anti-Semitism. The Simon Weisenthal Center in Los Angeles issued a travel advisory to Jews in 2010 – don't go to Malmö. It reissued the warning last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.