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Could you cite some sources for the above claims? Snopes says the increase in reported sexual assaults in Sweden could possibly be to do with the definition of

Could you cite some sources for the above claims? Snopes says the increase in reported sexual assaults in Sweden could possibly be to do with the definition of "sexual assault" changing in 2013[0] Regarding the Paedophile ring, I haven't read any material on it - but there have been several high profile non-Muslim paedophilia cases in Britain, and it would be unsurprising to me if police didn't turn a blind eye at some point. There are some claims that police didn't properly investigate reports in the Jimmy Saville case [1] Regarding the claim that "most terrorism is motivated by Islam" - are you referring to terrorism globally, or in western countries? And what time period are we talking about here? One interesting data point is that Britain is experiencing historically low rates of terrorism (and most of it was related to The Troubles in Northern Ireland, not Islam) [2] So the facts above are correct, but the root cause is misattributed to Islam? [0] https://www.snopes.com/crime-sweden-rape-capital-europe/ https://www.snopes.com/crime-sweden-rape-capital-europe/ [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-21756150 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-21756150 [2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/many-people-killed-terrorist-attacks-uk/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/many-people-killed-terrori...

creaghpatr 9y ago
Citing snopes and the telegraph? Give me a break. This is a widely documented trend, made worse by the fact that it's illegal to report the demographics of offenders. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/crime-wave-engulfs-sweden-as-fraud-sexual-offences-reach-record https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/crime-wav...
tomp 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit... > The failure to address the abuse was attributed to a combination of factors revolving around race, class and gender—contemptuous and sexist attitudes toward the mostly working-class victims; fear that the perpetrators' ethnicity would trigger allegations of racism and damage community relations; the Labour council's reluctance to challenge a Labour-voting ethnic minority; lack of a child-centred focus; a desire to protect the town's reputation; and lack of training and resources.
mfoy_ 9y ago
I mean, it's not hard to take a fact, take it out of context, and present it in a way that promotes some negative view of Islam.

creaghpatr 9y ago

Citing snopes and the telegraph? Give me a break. This is a widely documented trend, made worse by the fact that it's illegal to report the demographics of offenders. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/crime-wave-engulfs-sweden-as-fraud-sexual-offences-reach-record https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/crime-wav...

tomp 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit... > The failure to address the abuse was attributed to a combination of factors revolving around race, class and gender—contemptuous and sexist attitudes toward the mostly working-class victims; fear that the perpetrators' ethnicity would trigger allegations of racism and damage community relations; the Labour council's reluctance to challenge a Labour-voting ethnic minority; lack of a child-centred focus; a desire to protect the town's reputation; and lack of training and resources.

mfoy_ 9y ago

I mean, it's not hard to take a fact, take it out of context, and present it in a way that promotes some negative view of Islam.