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Is this quote accurate?

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Hi,

On the page there is a quote: "We must be open and generous to Islam and Muslims so that when we (Swedes) are the minority, they will do the same to us." I have some doubts about it. I was searching for it's accuracy and it is endlessly repeated on extreme right-wing and homophobe sites, but could not find it elsewhere. The wikipedia article says it comes from a meeting with the Immigration Ministers, the sites say it comes from an debate. http://www.islam-watch.org/Fjordman/Sweden-alliance-with-Communist-Islamists.htm

I don't speek Swedish but the original Sweedish quote from a Swedish right-wing site is: "Vi måste vara öppna och toleranta mot islam och muslimerna för när vi blir i minoritet kommer de att vara det mot oss." [1] Various dictionaries translate the word "när" also as “if, in case, provided that”. That would give the sentence a very different meaning than when it is translated as "when".

So, could anyone check the veracity of the meaning of the quote?

Mihai Martoiu Ticu (talk) 07:01, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]


"När" does in fact mean "when", not "if". As for the veracity of the quote, there seems to be no actual source. The closest thing I've found is a snippet of an interview (sorry, no link) where Orback says, re tolerance of minorities, "we might be a minority some day". It was an offhand remark, and he didn't elaborate on how Swedes could become a minority in Sweden. 80.217.118.240 (talk) 12:32, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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