It's a telltale sign that a Hungarian journalist from Uppsala can shed a ray of reality on the envied wealth of Sweden; Magyar Nemzet’s interview with a Hungarian Lutheran pastor, who has served his Swedish congregation for over 30 years, exposed the widely-revered country’s “immunodeficiencies”. Zoltán Bugnyár, Magyar Nemzet journalist, spoke with a colleague of mine who I personally don’t know, forced to step down from his religious calling due to the ecclesiastical court’s squabbling over his online blog post. The author of the blog in question, Iván Knézy, wrote: “Sweden has become the north’s caliphate” and that the EU, the Swedish government, and his church’s archbishop are all contributing to the downfall of Europe. (As you may have read in the interview, the day following the blog posting, the largest county newspaper, public service radio and TV station were all “reporting” on the case, while the relevant ecclesiastical authority launched an immediate investigation to determine if he was worthy of his pastoral position.)
Pastor Knézy’s statements seen as scandalous, cannot of course, reflect the official view of the Swedish Church (Svenska Kyrkan) which was detached from the state in 2000 but remains deeply committed to the ruling Social Democratic government. He should have been summoned by the local ecclesiastical (Stift) board of inquiry which of course diligently serves the liberal agenda. However, with Knézy’s elegant resignation from his position as retired, occasional Pastor-substitute, this court procedure is now obsolete.
Although there is near complete consensus among my Hungarian friends regarding Iván Knézy’s statements, there is simply no demand from “native” Swedes for any “politically incorrect” or alternative opinions alongside the PC, mainstream media. Though counter-opinions are formed, their advocates are typically outspoken Internet newspapers, pirate-radio, websites, bloggers, and a few unrestrained commentators. One of them reflected on Knézy’s scandalous sincerity: “It’s an exaggeration that Sweden is already the north’s Caliphate (but it’s just a question of when!), but we can see the dangers of uncontrolled and unrestricted Muslim immigration, and while outwards we smile with the tolerant, accepting, peaceful Swedish approach, our pockets hide our clenched fists!”