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The fact that Sweden has been a haven for Muslim terrorists might have a clear explaination in so-called political correctness. At least if you believe Peder Hyllengren, researcher at the Defense College.
"You risk being identified as a racist if you speak up against islamism in Sweden in a way that you did not see in other European countries," he told SVT News.
SVT News reports that Sweden - although the country has been relatively displaced from terrorism attacks - has long served as a recruitment base for terrorists.
Peder Hyllengren, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College, states that Sweden has "been in the forefront" as to how the jihadist networks have been able to operate.
For example, by living in Sweden, a number of Muslims have played a key role in terrorism in other countries - including Mohamed Belkaid (terrorist attacks in Paris 2015) and Osama Krayem (Terror attack in Brussels 2016).
In relation to our population, a very large number (at least 300) of Muslims traveled from Sweden to the Arab world to wage war for ISIS.
"There have been great opportunities to act from Sweden and there have also been key personnel who have been free to work in a way that has not really been possible in other European countries," says Peder Hyllengren to SVT.
He states according to the SVT that the jihadist networks have "been able to work relatively undisturbed in Sweden" because there has been an "leftist activism" against SÄPO and against people who have tried to lift the issue.
"If you speak up against Islamism, you risk being called a racist here in Sweden in a way that you did not see in other European countries. There, this question was as uncontroversial as the importance of combating Nazism and right-wing extremism. But in Sweden it have sadly taken a long time before we could even discuss jihadism in the same way that we discussed nazism for a long time, "says Peder Hyllengren to SVT.
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