Södertälje, a town in Sweden, has been a beacon to the rest of the world in that it, unlike the United States, has taken in a great number of Iraqi refugees. So much so that the city has been dubbed “Little Baghdad.”

But unfortunately the initial warm reception that Iraqis, both Muslims and Christians, received was short-lived. In recent months, the refugees have been subject to hate crimes that include actual physical attacks to urine being left in the mail-boxes of Muslims.

One non-Muslim Syrian woman, obviously not an Iraqi refugee, had her home egged and racist language written on her door. The first attacks targeted only Muslims, but then Christian became the victims of such bigotry as well.

Interestingly the attacks are not coming from native xenophobic Swedes, or at least not most of them, but from other immigrants. Christian immigrants, whether motivated by resentment of Muslims competing for the same jobs or just outright bigotry, have been lashing out at Muslims.

Not all of the attacks are coming from thuggish youth, the urine pouring into Muslim mailboxes was done by adults.

Some of the victims fear that the continuing violence will mean that they must eventually, for the safety of their children, leave the area: “Most of the families in Hovsjö are good families and I don’t want to move away from here. But for the kids own good I hope their parents do something before it’s too late,” said the aforementioned Swedish-Syrian woman.