Muslim Immigrants: Swedish Democracy

Election Editorial Dept: Sunday s ballot showed the country s welcome to refugees is not universally accepted: nearly 6 per cent of the population voted for a nationalist group that accuses immigrants especially Muslims of eroding Sweden s national identity and its cherished welfare state, according to The Star. The banner of tolerance has been hauled down and the forces of darkness have finally taken the Swedish democracy hostage, too, the Expressen tabloid wrote in a post-election editorial and sTOCKHOLM A far-right group s election breakthrough has shattered Sweden s self-image as a bastion of tolerance, somehow inoculated against the backlash on immigration seen elsewhere in Europe. It s a bitter pill for a nation that frowned upon Denmark s vitriol toward Muslim immigrants, Swiss attempts to ban minarets and France s crackdown on Gypsy camps. As reported in the news.
@t democracy hostage, gypsy camps