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   Swedish Minister: Country Needs to Integrate Returning Islamic State   
   Fighters   
      
   Swedish Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke has suggested that   
   Swedes who left to fight for radical Islamist groups in the Middle East should   
   be welcomed back and helped to integrate into society.    
   Ms. Kuhnke made the comments Sunday evening on the television programme Agenda   
   which is transmitted by the Swedish state broadcaster SVT. The programme   
   focused on the fact that some 300 Islamic radicals from Sweden had gone to the   
   Middle East to fight    
   for groups like Islamic State and around half of them had returned to Sweden.   
      
   “They need to be channelled back into our democratic society,” Kuhnke   
   said. The minister added she and the government had no idea how many of the   
   returnees were still radicalised versus how many left because they had become   
   disillusioned with    
   Islamist beliefs.   
      
   When asked how many radical Muslims were involved in deradicalisation   
   programmes, she estimated between 10 to 30 people based on information given   
   to her by various municipalities. “There are far too few. We have to work   
   together much better,” she    
   noted.   
      
   Kuhnke also could not confirm that those who had been through the programmes   
   had been successfully deradicalised, saying the process could take a decade or   
   more. “We can not say that we have succeeded because it’s been such a   
   short time. It is only    
   in 10-15 years we can say that they actually managed to leave these   
   environments,” she said.   
      
   Many on social media criticised the minister’s comments including terrorism   
   expert Magnus Ranstorp who took to Twitter to note that at least two returning   
   Swedish jihadists were involved with the terrorist attacks that occurred in   
   Paris in late 2015    
   and in Brussels in 2016.   
      
   “The interview speaks for itself. This is how ill-prepared we are to deal   
   with returnees,” Ranstrop noted.   
      
   The Swedish attitude toward returning jihadists is seen as strange by many, as   
   several municipalities have gone above and beyond to cater for returning   
   fighters. In the medieval city of Lund, the government is considering a range   
   of measures including    
   debt forgiveness, driving lessons, and free housing in the name of integrating   
   returning extremists.   
      
   Last week, another damning report showed the Swedish government had still been   
   paying many Islamists through the generous Swedish welfare system whilst they   
   were fighting in Iraq and Syria.   
      
   Ranstorp, who was one of the authors of the report, said the main problem was   
   the Swedish government refusing to follow up on welfare claimants to check   
   whether they were in the country or ensuring that someone else wasn’t   
   collecting benefits on their    
   behalf.   
      
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