Eurabia 2010

Mark Steyn wrote in America Alone that large parts of Europe would become Eurabia by 2020 or so because of the large influx of Muslim immigrants into many European countries. Their high birthrates coupled with the natives almost non-existent birthrates guaranteed growing and then decisive political power for the Islamic imports.

Here is how this scenario is unfolding in Sweden. Malmo is Sweden's third largest city with a population of just under 300,000. About 15% of the population are Muslims and they, along with local leftists, which is about everybody else in Sweden, are making life very unpleasant for the 760 Jews that still call Malmo home. Most of the Jews came here after surviving the Holocaust. The whole article is well worth reading, but this snippet gives you some of the flavor:

"Because he is the most visible Jew in Malmo, with his black fedora, tzitzit and long beard, Malmo’s only rabbi, Shneur Kesselman, 31, is a prime target for Muslim anti-Jewish sentiment. The Orthodox Chabad rabbi said that during his six years in the city, he has been the victim of more than 50 anti-Semitic incidents. An American, Kesselman is a soft spoken man with a steely determination to stay in Malmo despite the danger.

Two members of the American Embassy in Stockholm visited him in April to discuss his safety. From Keselman’s account, they had good reason to worry.

The rabbi recalled the day he was crossing a street near his house with his wife when a car suddenly went into reverse and sped backward toward them. They dodged the vehicle and barely made it to the other side of the street. “My wife was screaming,” the rabbi said. “It was a traumatic event.”

86-year-old Judith Popinski says:

“Malmo reminds me of the anti-Semitism I felt as a child in Poland before the war,” she told the Forward while sitting in her living room, which is adorned with Persian rugs and many paintings.

“I am not safe as a Jew in Sweden anymore,” a trembling Popinski said in a frail voice. But unlike others, she intends to stay in Sweden. “I will not be a victim again,” she said.

I hope not, but don't count on it. If you have been considering a trip to Europe you may want to move up the schedule - in another 10 years you may not recognize the place.

www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jews-reluctantly-abandon-swedish-city-amid-growing-anti-semitism-1.301276