Posted on 10/18/2015 7:20:33 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Assyrian Christians in Sweden are on edge after receiving several threatening messages linked to the Islamic State recently.
Graffiti that read “the caliphate is here” and “convert or die” was painted on two stores owned by Assyrians earlier this week, as was the Arabic letter ‘N,’ short for Nazarene, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports.
Chairman of the Assyrian district in Gothenburg, Josef Garis, told DN that the police are investigating the case. "The persecution of the past feels near," he said.
Earlier this year, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported that at least 150 people had travelled to Iraq and Syria to join ISIS from Gothenburg. Terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp has called the city "the Swedish Center for Jihadists", despite it having a relatively small population of 490,000.
Last week, ISIS released a video showing three Assyrian Christians being killed in Syria, and militants have threatened to kill 180 more if a ransom isn't paid.
"I felt a sudden chill down my spine. It's terribly painful, we feel threatened," one of the shop owners, Markus Samuelsson, told DN.
"Our family fled Turkey for Sweden in the 70s. What we're exposed to reminds us of the stories we were told as children. It's very real and threatening, and we're terrified."
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Calling all Vikings? Or is there no truly Norse blood left in Scandanavia? /sigh, we all know the answer...
Christians in Sweden? Hah!
Not the natives, the Assyrian Christian refugees
I should have read the article first.
Sweden is a nanny state. They could no more be Vikings that they could fly.
BTW, I have an old Swedish friend and she says the "Vikings" isn't pronounced the way we say it. The Swedes say VEEEking. That sounds pansy to me. Oh well, it IS their language.
There’s really only 50k soldiers in Sweden?
I am from Sicily. Blond/blue. Didn’t vikings or norsemen invade Sicily. Only way to explain it.
And I’m up for a fight :)
The mosquitoes there are TOUGH BUGGERS. They bit me THROUGH my Levis and socks. Amazing.
Those immigrants from the middle east will die of the cold. They don't drink if they are Muslims and hot chocolate only goes so far to warm the insides. BRRRRRRRR!!!!!
FYI
The farther north people are the lighter their skin, eyes and hair, as the lighter color absorbs sunlight better. They get so little sunlight that they need the pigmentation to get what light there is.
Thus the people towards the equator are darker skinned, as they have sun from 6 A.M.- 6 P.M., very reliable, and lots of sun...so their skin doesn't need to absorb ANY sun.
The Innuits were migrants from Asia [as DNA showed], so their coloring wasn't "built" for the Nordic climates.
That episode is NEXT season.
TACK is “thank you” in Swedish. Tusen Tack is thank you very much. I remember that much about Sweden.
You’re seeing why we’re considered terrorists. This is a go to school moment.
European nations and the U. S. are being invaded with the complicity of their own governments.
If the old populace stands up and says NO, they are the terrorists, not the people conquering their/our nation.
Never knew that. I guess that is why i HATE the heat and like semi cloudy or cool days.
I think I start wearing anything but a sweat jacket below 20 :)
I’ll tune in. :)
I guess an attack on Sicily this time around would be an attack on NATO. Where was NATO the past 2000 years :)
Seems like I just read something about how Swedish men have to pay child support for 18 years if they knock up a woman, which is true here too, but the men also have to pay alimony to the women for life. Of course the amount is dependent on the income of the man.
Apparently the women are looking for rich doctors, lawyers, business men and the like.
I guess the muzzies are going to turn that concept on its ear now. It’ll be the women paying the muzzies for life for having the privilege of bearing the children.
Karma is a real biatch.
Elections, voting, and politics have consequences.
Less. What I could find from various sources was about 14,000 active and 26,000 reserve for a total of 40,000.
Ugh.
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