Benjamin Weinthal
“We reluctantly are issuing this advisory because religious Jews and other members of the Jewish community there have been subject to anti-Semitic taunts and harassment. There have been dozens of incidents reported to the authorities but have not resulted in arrests or convictions for hate crimes”, said the two Wiesenthal Center representatives in a statement. Cooper and Samuels added that “a contributing factor to this decision has been the outrageous remarks of Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu, who blames the Jewish community for failing to denounce Israel. http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=199629
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“Even (Osama) bin Laden said in early 2003, 2004, that if every country was like Sweden, there would be no terrorism,” Ranstorp said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/15/sweden.terror.report/index.html