If the roles were reversed, and a large number of Christians had settled in a Muslim country, do you think Muslims would accede to their demands to remove the Muslim elements from Eid al-Fitr celebrations so that they don’t feel excluded? Right: that would never happen in a million years. The Christians wouldn’t even dare make such a demand, and if they did, they might suffer violent attacks.
“School bowed to Muslim demands – Christian elements are banned in Lucia procession,” translated from “Skola vek sig för muslimers krav – kristna inslag förbjuds i luciatåg,” Samnytt, December 10, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
Expectant elves, star boys and gingerbread men in the Lucia procession? Not at Mariehemsskolan in Umeå. There, it has been decided that the 40 or so children aged 7-10 who will participate in the Lucia procession will be without the traditional elements that a Lucia celebration always has. This is due to Muslim children who dropped out during last year’s rep after their parents felt uncomfortable with the celebration being related to Christmas.
There must be no religious elements in Mariehemsskolan’s St. Lucia procession. The Lucia celebration should instead be “gender neutral” and “inclusive” – but will not include the traditional elements that belong to a Lucia celebration.
“We are a non-denominational school and have therefore chosen to remove the Christmas aspect,” says Jörgen Persson to SVT.
Last year, the participants were even more, but SVT reports that several students with “other religious beliefs” than the Christian dropped out during the rehearsals.
“Some parents were not comfortable with the children’s participation because Lucia is associated with Christmas, so this year we have been clear that the arrangement will not be connected to any particular religious faith,” says choir director Jörgen Persson.
Yielding to the demands of the Muslims
In the feature, which shows one of the genre reps for this year’s watered-down “Lucia celebration,” a little girl can be seen wearing the Muslim veil hijab.“We welcome the light in the darkness. We long for the light. We have several Muslim children here now, in place in the choir, who are also allowed to be in the choir. Because it has been the case that both at school graduations and in the Lucia choir, they have not been allowed to be part of performances. But now they have been given the okay to join.”
Nor will the children sing the traditional Lucia songs. The choir director believes that many children have been excluded over the years because Swedish schools have had such a strong focus on the Lucia celebration and that it has been “so incredibly traditionally Christian.”
Samnytt has contacted Mariehemsskolan’s principal for comment.
wpm says
There is not fun in Islam ,no celebration ,now the rainbow crazies want it to be gender neutral on top of everything else. these two idiotic groups are killing childhood .We have to comfortable with child brides ,,rape, erasing all Christian, cultural, now we must approve drag queen story hour and castrating children .It does seem we are in the last days.
Jesper says
Sweden is beyond saveable.
Officially 8 pct muslim, but in reality at least 10 pct when including “refugees” going underground, after being denied asylum. The authorities have no clue, have many is hiding in Sweden, as it would be xenophobic to investigate.
Greetings from 🇩🇰.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
They have a new right leaning government: one would expect them to do better!
As for Denmark, when will DPP come to power?
tim gallagher says
Very worrying figures, Jesper. Any country with such a large percentage of Muslims is in huge trouble. I do hope that the Swedish people can somehow get their act together and toughen up and deal with the Muslim invaders instead of pathetic surrendering to the Muslims, as in the report here. i think France has around 8% Muslims as well and is in big trouble as well. I think, when it comes to islam, Hungary and those other Visegrad bloc countries have it right. Keep Muslims out and avoid the endless trouble this enemy ideology is bound to bring to any non-Muslim country.
Westman says
The following may not be completely accurate:
Wow, had no idea there were Saints in Islam. Must be, since the procession will proceed now that the Swedes have so warmly accommodated to Muslim sensitivities. Rumor has it that Islamic prayer beads will be used and the St. Lucia Procession will begin at the first visible crescent of the new Moon.
To show their willingness to give up anything to avoid catcalls of, “Islamophobia”, all of Swedens celebrations of Christ, as the Son Of God, will be cancelled in the next year, followed by rewritten school texts which will honor him as a lesser prophet of Islam.
Alkflaeda says
I am just wondering what it was like for Mohammed when he finally stood before the Judgement Throne, and saw that the Person seated thereon was none other than that same Christ to whose words he had given the lie
2 Tim 4:1 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
Alkflaeda says
For just a moment, I wondered if there could be a response to migration like Dunkirk – lots of little ships (or land vehicles) non-violently blockading the entry points, and staying put till relieved by others. Problem is, it would degenerate into violence, because getting people through is the livelihood of the people traffickers, so they would arm themselves or mount ram raids.
Westman says
People are voting with their feet and sacrifices to leave countries that failed to give them opportunity and freedom to build a safe life with family. They are not laden with tattoos, metal, and bizarre hair colors. They don’t need to make a statement about misfiture because they have known real oppression.
They see actual better lives on the screen of a cell phone and proof that others like themselves
have succeeded. Religious oppression and corrupt government can no longer hold their minds and they prepare to emigrate.
We can’t blame them for their desire to emigrate to the best opportunity, the EU and US. We have failed to provide a consistent message that integration is required and take enforceable action to regulate immigration.
By allowing massive immigration, without time for integration, we have produced pockets of foreign ethnicity that become infiltrated with the former oppressors/oppression that originated in that culture.
There is no question that Islam is weaker in the West yet the prevalence of “no go” zones in France and Germany are proof that integration fails when immigration is massive and uncontrolled. When Islamic heads of state, like Erdogan, can campaign for votes and Saudi Arabia can build Mosques in the host country, it is Islam, not the host country, in control.
Scotsman48 says
Every year Sweden loses a little bit more of its ancient culture and traditions and hand it over to a faith that despises their very existence.
Go figure.