Swedish Jewish activist applies to protest by asylum in his own country

Citing the legal attacks on Sweden in kosher slaughterhouse and ritual circumcision, a political advisor to Jew for the Swedish party Folkpartiet announced in an article published in the journal mosaic that is applying for the refugee status in their own country.  Annika Hernroth-Rothstein wrote in part:When it comes to our religious traditions those to the right and the left in Swedish politics find common ground, take pride in defense of animals and the children of the likes of us and of what a politician has called our "barbaric"...EU statutes provide for granting asylum to people with "well-founded reasons to fear persecution because of race; nationality; beliefs religious or political; Genus; their sexual orientation; or membership of a particular social group. Jews in Sweden comply with these criteria and should be eligible for the same protection and extended to non-native support. and today, 18 November, am legally running for refugees and asylum, not in the United States, not Israel, but here in Sweden, my own country.Nonsense?  There is no doubt. I can only hope that my application will be dismissed summarily. But the situation is beyond absurd, beyond publishing and strongly worded letters of protest. The situation demands action.