(Hudson Institute-New York) Soeren Kern - During the last several decades, massive immigration flows to Sweden have transformed the country to the point where immigrants, many of whom refuse to learn Swedish and integrate into Swedish society, now make up almost 20% of the country's total population. In Malmo, Sweden's third-largest city, almost 40% of the population is foreign; in the city's mostly Muslim Rosengard neighborhood, fire and emergency workers refuse to enter without police protection. Highlighting the increasing assertiveness of Sweden's Muslim community, the Muslim Council of Sweden recently dispatched letters to each of the major political parties demanding special legislation for Muslims including special public financing for the building of mosques, and that Imams should be allowed to teach Islam to Muslim children in public schools.
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