Sweden Belatedly Discovers Spine

After caving in to Muslim pressure and shutting down a website that showed the dreaded Mohammed cartoons, Sweden appears to be learning what wages appeasement earns. A Muslim organization is now calling for separate laws to govern Muslims living in Sweden.

For once, at least so far, the Swedish Government is flatly refusing to allow that to happen.

"We will not have separate laws in Sweden. In Sweden, we are all equal before the law. In Sweden, we have fought for a long time to achieve gender-neutral laws, and to propose that certain groups should not be treated like others is completely unacceptable."

Orback said he had spoken to representatives of the Swedish Muslim Council, and they did not support the association's position.

"We have freedom of speech, we have the right to opinions and we have the right to make proposals - but if a law is going to be changed, it must be the same for everyone."

Asked whether the proposal plays into the hands of racists, Orback said that it did.

"I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make proposals such as this that are so opposed to our intentions, when we are fighting for women's rights and the right to divorce," Orback replied.

Let's hope they continue to be strong about this. This is exactly what the entire manufactured uproar over the cartoons was about. A foot in the door to force changes in European governments to further separate the Muslims from being assimilated.