The allegations are based on decisions taken by the Swedish social services on compulsory custody. Under them, children of parents with a Muslim background have been placed outside their families without parental consent.
Stockholm
In the social allegations are spreading in the media that the Swedish authorities have “abducted” tens of thousands of children from their parents.
Allegations of abductions spread especially through Arabic-language accounts. The abductions are allegedly targeted specifically at children with a Muslim background.
According to the Swedish authorities, this is a disinformation campaign aimed at harming Sweden and spreading false information about the country.
The allegations are based on decisions taken by the Swedish social services on forced custody, which have placed children of Muslim parents outside their families without parental consent.
Swedish authority it is estimated that events began to develop at the end of December. At the time, the Islamist platform began broadcasting a video accusing Swedish social authorities of abusing Muslim children.
The video spread quickly and was soon distributed by those who, according to the authority, aim to incite discord and hostility towards Swedish society.
After that, the campaign began to take on threatening tones, describes the chief operating officer of the Swedish Psychological Defense Authority. Mikael Tofvesson.
Last week, the authority responsible for psychological defense also warned other authorities responsible for crisis management in Sweden that a campaign was under way to try to harm Sweden.
Tofvesson told the Swede In an interview with Dagens Nyheter on Tuesdaythat incitement to violence and acts of terrorism against Swedish authorities, society and journalists is spreading on social media, among other things.
The messages are spread, among other things, by accounts linked to violent Islamism. According to them, the “kidnapping” of children is based on Sweden’s desire to go to war against Islam by converting Muslim children to Christianity.
Popular Arabic-speaking social media influencers with millions of followers have also spread allegations about the work of the Swedish Social Authority. The campaign has picked up over the past week.
On Twitter, messages are shared with the tags “Sluta kidnappa våra barn” and “اوقفوا_خطف_اطفالنا” in Arabic.
However, Säpo, the security police, does not believe that the risk of a terrorist threat to Sweden has increased.
A demonstration was held in front of the Swedish Parliament on Monday, attended by about two hundred people. The protesters’ signs called, among other things, for the children to be returned to their parents. Many parents with a Muslim background have said they are concerned about messages on social media and fear the authorities will act.
In messages has been highlighted Swedish radio news from December, according to which children of parents with an immigrant background are taken into care more often than children born in Sweden. According to the 2019 figures, children from parents with a foreign background were twice as likely as children from a Swedish background.
Swedish radio interviewed a parent whose child was taken into forced care three years ago. The parent said he came from a culture with different rules for raising children than in Sweden. He said he hoped Sweden would give those coming to the country training on the rules for children.
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