Once again, the fasting month of Ramadan is upon us, and once again the whole of the Nordic region is expected to comply.

The Danish politician Nick Zimmermann from Dansk Folkeparti recently hit the nail on the head in a thundering speech about the state of affairs in Denmark. But let us be brutally honest, for the situation he describes is exactly the same in Norway and Sweden. In his post, Zimmermann states that Muslims are fasting all over the world, and that we are once again being included against our will. He writes that we must once more hear about consideration and understanding, and that schools and workplaces must adapt. The Danish politician demands that we stop respecting a religion which, at bottom, does not show respect for us. His clear message is that enough is enough. This applies in the highest degree here at home as well.

We can no longer accept that a religion which divides people and behaves dictatorially is granted ever greater influence over the countries we have inherited.

Zimmermann points out that every single year we see the same pattern unfold. He highlights how children are in practice compelled to fast, and describes little boys and girls who receive neither wet nor dry for hours on end. According to the politician, this does not occur because they choose it themselves, but because they are indoctrinated with threats of hell and punishment. They are told that they betray their god if they take a small sip of water. Zimmermann asks rhetorically which child truly has the prerequisites to understand such massive religious pressure from his or her own family.

While these poor children walk around with headaches and empty stomachs, the ethnically Danish classmates must tread carefully so as not to tempt them. Packed lunches must be discreetly put away, and the breaks become quieter, which is exactly what we are seeing in Norwegian schools as well. Zimmermann states that we, who constitute the majority in our own countries, must adapt to them. He emphasises that this is not about tolerance at all, but about Islam once again being allowed to set the agenda.

We are expected to conform to their dogmas. Zimmermann aptly describes how we are to nod, smile, and accept it all because the immigration-friendly elite still clings to the illusion that this constitutes diversity. The truth, according to the politician, is that Islam divides people and draws invisible yet rock-hard boundaries between the pure and the impure. The conflict in reality stands between those who wish to transform our societies and us who refuse to relinquish the fatherland we hold dear.

The message from the Danish politician ought to resonate throughout Scandinavia. He states that Islam shall have no place in the public sphere, and that Ramadan shall not alter the school day or the routines in our workplaces. Zimmermann considers it grotesque and heartless that children are forced to starve in the name of god. We have long since grown weary of society bending, and ultimately it is our shared Nordic responsibility to speak out. Zimmermann adds that if one insists, at all costs, on living according to Islamic dogmas, there are more than enough countries where this is everyday life.

Denmark is not one of them, and it most certainly is not Norway or Sweden either.

Listen to a small ironic ditty about Ramadan made by the undersigned and Suno: