"Antiracist mobs new threat against the Jews in Sweden"

From Jihad i Malmö (Jihad in Malmö) via the excellent Fjordman blog:

«Not even Sweden goes free from serious attacks against the Jewish minority. Both research papers and individual Jews testify that the anti-Semitism has changed shape. Perpetrators are not only right-wing extremist groups. Leftist radicals and Islamic organisations are spreading anti-Semitic propaganda and participate in violent actions against Jews. For the most part, it’s about harassment such as verbal abuse and threatening letters, but also desecration of grave yards, vandalizing of institutions and assaults on Jews on Swedish streets. The spring of 2002 was the first time in 150 years that a mob in Sweden attacked Jews. A number of people were battered on Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm under the slogan “Death to the Jews”, by so-called antiracists.»

Of one Swedish jew:

«“[Nadav’s] elder siblings came to Israel and joined the army, declaring that it was safer for them to serve in the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) than to be exposed to what is happening in Sweden.” Am I to understand that the daily threat of death and mutilation at the hand of terrorists and suicide bombers, not to mention the irritation caused by those pesky ISM thugs, is preferable to walking the streets of Sweden? Ouch. “[Swedes are] reluctant to speak out against anything that the Muslim population may be doing for fear of being accused of racism.”»

In other words, they’ve been so trained to believe that there is always a link between skin color and oppression, that they refuse to differentiate right from wrong when it comes to violence because all they can see in people is color.

It’s another depressing illustration of the tolerance of agitators who drank the left’s kool-aid. First of all, many Europeans are not sophisticated enough to quite get the fact that Islam is not a race.

The second part is even easier: if you want to show respect for people who don't look like you hold everyone to the same standard. To do otherwise is to pretend someone's race doesn't just define their persona, but makes them less than anyone else.