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Major increase in Islamist threats against Swedish Jews

(JTA) – The Swedish Jewish community reported a significant increase in threats following terrorist attacks by Islamists in France. Lena Posner-Korosi, the president of the Council of Swedish Jewish Communities, estimated last week that the number of threats have doubled following the murder of four people Jan. 9 at a kosher shop outside Paris. Posner-Korosi said the community does not have exact figures, but most of the threats have been identified as coming from Islamists. “We are under threat and we have not seen the end,” Posner-Korosi wrote in an email. “It seems to be the beginning of terror around Europe for the coming months.” Some 20,000 Jews live in Sweden.

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