Muslim Voters Determine Outcome of Elections in Germany and Sweden
Recent elections in Germany and Sweden confirm that the Muslim population in Europe has reached a point where it can now determine electoral outcomes.
Recent elections in Germany and Sweden confirm that the Muslim population in Europe has reached a point where it can now determine electoral outcomes.
Across Europe, elected officials, business leaders, school superintendents, sports team owners—even Christian and Jewish clergy—are going out of their way to celebrate Ramadan, the month-long commemoration of the time when Muslims believe the Qur’an was first revealed to Muhammad.
Denmark and Sweden, under growing pressure from Muslim countries, are contemplating free speech restrictions that would outlaw burning copies of the Quran.
Sweden, under pressure from Islamists angered by Quran burnings, is embroiled in a nationwide debate over whether to curtail its constitutionally-protected freedom of expression and introduce a blasphemy law.
The forced closure of two independent Muslim schools in Sweden has cast a renewed spotlight on efforts by Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamists to radicalize children and establish parallel societies that subvert core Western values.
Senior EU leaders, facing relentless pressure from Member of the European Parliament Charlie Weimers, have begrudgingly acknowledged that the EU’s systematic financing of Islamism is a problem that must be addressed.
Sweden’s recent parliamentary elections saw Nyans, a fledgling Islamist party, win between a quarter and a third of the vote in parts of Swedish cities with large numbers of Muslim immigrants. The results are a harbinger of increased Muslim separatism in Swedish towns and cities.
Economists are warning that the second coronavirus lockdown has increased the risk of another recession in Europe’s largest economy.
In Europe, where the pandemic has killed more than 100,000 people and caused economic devastation on a scale not seen since the Second World War, political leaders have been deafeningly silent on demanding accountability from China.
Chinese diplomats around the world are waging an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at controlling the narrative about the origins of the coronavirus.
Europe’s open-door immigration policies could draw potentially millions of Muslims into Europe from the Middle East and North Africa.
A chronological review of some of the main stories involving the rise of Islam in Europe in June 2015.