RUTHFULLY YOURS

• In 1992, the so-called “Threat and risk evaluation” (Hot- och riskutredningen) established that the government should have the option to seize property, especially summer homes, from the Swedish people in a time of crisis.
• Husein wants a Swedish passport so he can go back to the country he claims to have escaped from — to “visit his mom and establish business contacts.”
• Despite his systematic criminal activity, he received only a four-year prison sentence, and will not have to face deportation.
• “The Immigration Service has hired the activists. They are now officials at the authority!” – Employee at Swedish Immigration Service.
• “The situation affects everyone who live and stays in our little county. The climate has grown tougher, many people feel scared and unsafe and with that comes the risk of increased xenophobia, antagonism and exclusion.” – From a letter to the government from local politicians in county of Örkelljunga. The county swiftly received criticism from the mainstream media; and on August 27, the Immigration Service let it be known that they have no intention of helping Örkelljunga.

August 3: After Ahmad El-Moghrabi, 21, who has no driver’s license, was indicted for driving like a madman through the city of Malmö in February, and nearly killing a mother and baby, he traveled in a luxury Mercedes along with some other Arabs, one of whom is a well-known extremist, when the police pulled the car over. But instead of stopping, El-Moghrabi sped away at about 90 mph on the busy inner city street Amiralsgatan, where the speed limit is 25 mph.

The police chase ended when El-Moghrabi hit some parked cars. Three people were injured, and the mother and baby sustained life-threatening injuries after being squashed between the cars.

El-Moghrabi fled the scene, but was apprehended later. He is now charged with gross negligence, grievous bodily harm, a felony hit-and-run, and driving without a license. His own explanation to the madness run was that he did not want to be caught by the police, as his license had been revoked.

August 3: It was reported that 2,000 Third World immigrants were seeking asylum in Sweden – every week. The largest groups were Syrians, then Afghans, stateless people, Eritreans and Somalis. The Immigration Services now report that there are close to 50,000 asylum seekers living in various housing and rental facilities, and more are on their way to a country that already suffers from a major housing shortage.

The question is: Where will they live? More and more people are now worrying that the government will confiscate the Swedes’ homes and give them to asylum seekers. In 1992, the so-called “Threat and risk evaluation” (Hot- och riskutredningen) established that the government should have the option to seize property, especially summerhouses, from the Swedish people in a time of crisis. In early September, editorial columnist Anna Dahlberg of Expressen, one of Sweden’s largest dailies, urged Swedes to “make way” and “hand over the keys to their apartments to those in greater need.”

August 3: Another shooting took place in the violence-stricken city of Malmö. No one was hurt this time, but the police found empty shell casings on Rasmusgatan Street in the Seved area, one of Malmö’s “no go-zones,” where a majority of the inhabitants are of foreign descent. The area is known for open drug trade and over the last few years a large number of shootings and grenade attacks have occurred there, on the streets as well as aimed at apartments. (On June 12, a hand grenade was thrown, and the next day, local authorities gave the police permission after a shooting, four people were hospitalized.) In an attempt to bring down the crime rate, police gave permission on August 12 to place four cameras in the area to film events around the clock.

August 5: The Stockholm police department raised the alarm with a shocking story about everyday life in immigrant-heavy suburbs such as Tensta-Rinkeby, Hjulsta, Kista and Husby. Youth gangs regularly attack police by using green lasers, and throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. Also criminal gangs resolve conflicts by shooting at each other in public places, risking the lives of innocent people who may be in their way. Police officer Nikolina Bucht wrote in a column in daily Svenska Dagbladet that it is time to “take back the area from the criminals and protect all the respectable people who have their neighborhoods destroyed, their cars set on fire and feel unsafe.” She wrote:

“Last week my colleagues got a call about a sudden cardiac arrest in Rinkeby. … When they arrive at the scene, they are met by about ten young people who are provoked by their mere presence, turn aggressive and disguise their faces. The police are forced to focus on the rock throwing instead of going up to [the man’s] apartment and start CPR. [He] had to wait for several minutes extra before he got help, time that could have saved his life. This was not an isolated event.”

August 7: A Somali, Mohamed Husein, complained he has not yet received a Swedish citizenship. Somalis must wait three years longer than others for citizenship, as they cannot prove their identity. Husein wants a Swedish passport so he can go back to the country he claims to have escaped from – to “visit his mom and establish business contacts.”

August 10: It was reported that a 15-year-old pregnant girl who six weeks prior traveled with her boyfriend to Syria, had been captured by the Islamic State, ISIS. How the girl managed to travel without passport or identification papers remains a mystery. Swedish media made no effort to sort out why she would object to living with ISIS. Her boyfriend is reported to have joined an al-Qaeda group.

August 11: A law journal, Dagens Juridik , wrote that a 19-year-old girl has been taken into custody, according to LVU (a law that regulates administered care for young people), after her family threatened to subject her to honor violence. It was social service workers on the island of Gotland who applied for administered care after the girl, in spite of threats, had escaped from the shelter where she was living and moved back with her family. The court states that the investigation shows that the girl’s desire to return is rooted in her upbringing, which has taught her that the honor of the family is more important than her individual rights. She may also feel guilt, because she thinks she’s dishonoring the family by not being with them. According to the court, the girl’s behavior should be considered socially disruptive under the definition of LVU, and therefore, she needs to be protected.

August 14: Two men, 21 and 26 years of age, were remanded, suspected of two of the many recent hand grenade attacks in Malmö, including the “no-go” Seved neighborhood. At the same time, another 26-year-old was remanded for attempted murder and possession of an illegal weapon, both of which occurred in Rasmusgatan, Seved.

Early that morning, police also discovered two hand grenades in Adelgatan, in central Malmö. One had gone off, the other one failed to work. A large area was barricaded and several buildings had to be evacuated. The police suspected the incident could be linked to a car bomb that had detonated in Malmö two days earlier. Malmö has experienced the most explosions of all Scandinavian cities: this year alone, 20 bombings have taken place.

August 12: A 43-year-old Iranian citizen, Ramin Sayadi, was sentenced to four years in prison for three rapes and two counts of sexual molestation of young girls. Sayadi also sold the girls large quantities of prescription narcotics such as Tramadol, Ritalin and Subutex. The police investigation showed that he had close to 1,000 customers. When the girls became addicted to the drugs, he took advantage of them sexually. The police believe there are many more victims who have not come forward. Detective inspector Jan-Åke Stendahl told daily Göteborgs-Posten that the man hade over 200 contacts listed in his cell phone, and a striking majority of the numbers led to young girls. Sayadi was caught in May of last year, walking around Gothenburg’s central station trawling for customers.

Despite his systematic criminal activity, he received only a four-year prison sentence, and will not have to face deportation.

August 14: A a so-called unaccompanied refugee child was prosecuted on rape charges. The act took place on the night of January 10, in a youth home in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The suspect is a native of Afghanistan and claims to be 17 years old. The police believe he raped the woman when she was in a drunken stupor, and therefore in what the law calls a “particularly vulnerable situation.”

August 17: The police issued an international arrest warrant for a Congolese citizen, Loran Guy Mogi, 23, wanted for the murder of his ex–girlfriend, Therese Eriksson, 23, of Vårgårda. Eriksson had been found dead four days earlier in Mogi’s apartment, but he had fled the scene. She was killed by forceful violence to the head and body. After a week on the run, Loran Guy Mogi was apprehended at a refugee facility in the German city Hannover. He has since been remanded, pending trial. According to the prosecutor, Robert Beckard, Mogi pleads not guilty to the murder charge, but admits that he beat her and may thus have caused her death.

August 18: The media web site Avpixlat wrote that an Algerian man who has not lived in Sweden for six years, is entitled to financial aid concerning doctor’s visits and the cost of his medicine. The man came to Sweden in the 1990s, but never worked or paid taxes here. Six years ago, he returned to Algeria, but in April of this year he suddenly appeared in Sweden again to seek emergency health care. He underwent two surgeries at the taxpayers’ expense, and considered himself entitled to financial aid for the cost of his medicine and several doctors visits. The municipality had ruled against the request, but the administrative law court now ruled that since the man has no income or assets, he is entitled to aid.

August 18: Five representatives of the Swedish church wrote, in an op-ed in the Swedish daily, Dagens Nyheter, that the church should also be open to Muslims. The article astonished and angered Christians. Stefan Gustavsson, secretary general of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance, pointed out that Islam, Judaism and Christianity promote three radically different versions of what happened to Jesus:

• – Islam: Jesus did not die.
• – Judaism: Jesus died but was not resurrected.
• – Christianity: Jesus died and was resurrected.

These different versions cannot all be true, Gustavsson points out, and urges the Swedish church to awake from their Sleeping Beauty-slumber and start taking the big questions seriously:

“The religion relativism that is now widespread throughout the Swedish church is not just an intellectual dead end, it is an insult to the Christians of Iraq and Syria who face forced conversion and who are willing to give their lives for their faith in Jesus Christ.”

But the Swedish church persists, and on August 30 invited imam Mohammad Muslim Eneborg to take part in high mass. Before he converted, the imam was named Åke Daniel Eneborg and was a left-wing activist.

August 24: Former member of parliament Thoralf Alfsson (SD) wrote on his blog that Migration Services have hired no fewer than 1,200 people during the last year. Earlier, in August 2014, Migration Services had about 5,000 employees; in August 2015 that figure was 6,200. This means that the wage costs of by 50 million kronor (about $5.6 million) immigration have increased each month. In all, Migration Services staff now cost the Swedish taxpayers 250 million kronor ($11.3 million USD) a month, or 3 billion kroner ($264 million) a year.

Aside from galloping costs, Alfsson questions why so many people of foreign descent find employment with Immigration Services. He writes:

“I can’t help but wonder what kind of screening process Migration have in regard to the people they hire. Could there be employees with residency status in Sweden who use a fake identity? Are there ISIS-sympathizers among the employees?” And there are.

Social commentator and author Merit Wager, who almost on a daily basis publish anonymous posts from Immigration Services employees, wrote on her blog August 21, that authorities now no longer take rejected asylum seekers into custody. This is due to attacks from left-wing extremists. That is why the IKEA-murderer, who had received a deportation order, was not in custody, a failure that led to the death of two innocent people in the heart of the Swedish idyll. An employee says:

“Years ago, Immigration Services was often heavily criticized by various left-wing groups who wanted to ‘protect’ the asylum seekers who had been found lacking in reasons for protection and targeted for deportation. Sometimes there were big demonstrations and now and again Immigration Services buildings were vandalized. Today these actions have ceased almost completely. The reason is very simple – Immigration Services have hired the activists. They are now officials at the authority! I’ve met several people who are quite open about their backgrounds in these activist groups. The reason Immigration Services hire them is that they state on their CVs exactly what the government wants to hear – that they have a ‘burning engagement in human rights issues.'”

August 24: A police vehicle was attacked with a hand grenade in the Stockholm suburb of Tumba. Four policemen were inside at the time. If it had not been that the vehicle was armored, the incident could have ended in a bloodbath. The attack started when several people threw rocks at on-duty officers, and a fire was set at the local police station. Moments later, the hand grenade was thrown and landed about five feet from the police vehicle. No one was injured, but the mini-bus sustained 105 holes. Despite intense police efforts, the perpetrators of this attempted murder have not yet been apprehended.

August 25: Local polticians in small southern county of Örkelljunga wrote a desperate letter to the government; its signatories were begging for help in solving the problems brought by the asylum situation. There are about 10,000 people living in Örkelljunga; Immigration Services have opened asylum housing here for about 250 people in apartments, a former motel, a place for unaccompanied refugee children and a number of private family residences. The hotel Åsljungagården may open up an additional 100 units.

The local politicians wrote in their letter that crime rates have risen and the police have been called on a number of occasions. Rape, assault, battery and shoplifting are mentioned, as is the temporary closing of the youth center Centrumhuset. At the largest housing facility, an old motel, there are 90 adults and children. The mix of various ethnic groups is said to have lead to riots, threats and hunger strikes. The letter states:

“The situation affects everyone who live and stays in our little county. The climate has grown tougher, many people feel scared and unsafe and with that comes the risk of increased xenophobia, antagonism and exclusion.”

The county swiftly received criticism from the journalists of the mainstream media, and August 27 Immigration Services let it be known that they have no intention of helping Örkelljunga.

Press Officer Fredrik Bengtsson is especially angry about the county’s criticism concerning different groups being placed together:

“If one thinks along the lines of placing asylum seekers any other way, you’re on a slippery slope. Separate housings for Christians and Muslims is not something we have in society. We have freedom of religion, and that applies to housing as well. You have to stop for a moment, think about it, because that’s not how we do things in society,” Bengtsson tells daily Helsingborgs Dagblad.

August 26: Swedes heard the news that politicians in the nation’s three largest cities want to offer begging gypsy women courses in “self-care and sexual matters.” Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö are applying for 8.7 million kronor (close to $1 million) from the European Social Fund, for the project that hopes to reach 250 women. Twice a week they will attend class and get food, free health checkups and free hygiene- and sanitary articles and condoms. They will also receive compensation for “loss of work income,” a grant that the opposition in Stockholm criticized strongly.

August 28: The immigrants’ society, Afrikas horn, reports another “Swedish” ISIS-warrior dead in battle. The man was in his thirties and originally from Somalia, but lived in the immigrant–heavy problem area of Vivalla in Örebro. The man was apparently one of three who have repeatedly traveled to join ISIS, but were twice intercepted in Turkey and sent back to Sweden. The man is the fourth resident of Örebro who has died as an ISIS terrorist. The chairman of Afrikas horn tells the local paper Nerikes Allehanda that “the family is in mourning.”

August 28: Ali Khoddami, once an asylum seeker to Sweden, was sentenced to prison for aggravated usury. Khoddami worked in home care services and deliberately tricked a 90-year-old, demented woman, Inga-Lill, out of millions of kronor. By pretending to be the woman’s friend, he was able to take over her bank accounts and move into her house, along with his family. He used her savings of two million kronor (about $230 000) for luxuries, including several cars. He also managed to persuade Inga-Lill to sign over her house, her childhood home built by her father, to him. The house is apparently worth five million kronor ($570 000). It was only after he put Inga-Lill, who has no living relatives, in a nursing home that the fraud was uncovered. The District Court sentenced Ali Khoddami to 2.5 years in prison and 7 million kronor ($795 000) plus interest and damages.

August 28: There are reports that human traffickers have, over a short period of time, dumped 100 asylum seekers in the Gothenburg area. Pernilla Wallin, unit manager of the application unit at Immigration Services Region West, says to Swedish Public Service Television that she never thought the situation would escalate like this and that the circumstances are “exceptional.” Immigration Services are now desperately looking for “external contractors who want to bid on temporary housings for asylum seekers.”

Ingrid Carlqvist, a noted journalist based in Sweden, is a Distinguished Fellow at Gatestone Institute.