Updated List of No Go Areas

SWEDEN. The news reported that it wasn't sure that this list would be published as many municipalities says it demonizes the area, makes it hard to build houses as nobody wants to live there and also it scares away companies that might invest. I guess if you read between the lines the municipalities want to...

Little Girl Robbed

SWEDEN. On the afternoon of January 31 a 8-year old girl was robbed by three young men in Eskilstuna. The men stopped her and searched her pockets. They took her phone. She was very afraid, but they didn't threaten her or use violence. She managed to get home and one of her parents called the...

The No Go Areas of Sweden

SWEDEN. I have mentioned "our" no go-zones several times, but never listed the 61 areas that the police call vulnerable areas (such a stupid name). They divide them into three categories: 1. Particularly vulnurable areas - are signified by social problems and criminality that has caused a prevailing unwillingness to take part in legal procedings...

Salafism Increased by Ten in Ten Years

SWEDEN. A new study from the National Defence College shows that when it comes to violent islamism the situation is far worse than anybody expected. It may lead to a hostile attitude towards democracy and intolerance and discrimination. After reading the report I think we're already there. Magnus Ranstorp, terrorism researcher, is one of the...