Huh. Riots in Swedish immigrant suburbs?
A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm has seen unrest spread, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt, police told the BBC.
Three police officers were hurt as rioters threw stones and directed laser pointers at emergency services.
The worst of the latest rioting was in the south of the city, not the north-west where it began on Sunday.
Stockholm police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said the rioters were a "mixture of every kind of people".
The violence began in the deprived, largely immigrant suburb of Husby, days after police shot dead an elderly man there who had reportedly threatened to kill them with a machete.
I know what you're thinking. Car burnings. A machete. Attacking firefighters trying to put out fires. Immigrant suburb. Must be Moslem immigrants.
Not so fast! Swedish authorities may not be prepared to lay the blame on Tea Party activists, but they are clear that these rioters were a "mixture" of people. As a police spokesman helpfully explained:
"My colleagues say the people on the streets are a mixture of every kind of people you can think of," he added.
"We have got Swedes, we have got very young people, we have got people aged 30 to 35. You can't define them as a group.
"We don't know why they are doing this. There is no answer to it."
Yeah. Swedish Moslems. Very young Turkish Moslems. Moslems aged 30 to 35 from Pakistan. It really would be difficult to define them as a group. I have no doubt that the police spokesman "can't" define them as a particular group. The mystery may never be solved.
Obviously, not all Moslems--not even a large minority, I dare say--are rioting thugs. But I will make a bold guess that these rioters are Moslems. If the Swedes keep pretending there is no answer to this problem, Malmo will be the first Western city to become Sharia compliant.
I've no problem with welcoming Moslems fleeing the violence, backwardness, and social dysfunction of their homelands. But we should insist they leave those things behind. The West is a refuge from those problems because we are different from them, remember? We can be proud of Western civilization. Defend it.
UPDATE: On the bright side, locals are reacting against the minority rioting:
There are signs that residents in the affected areas are getting fed up with the violence. Many community leaders, dressed in fluorescent jackets, have taken to the streets to try to calm things down.
Good. Rioters are giving all Moslems a bad reputation.
