Carl P. Herslow, leader of the right wing populist Skånepartiet, have received threats related to a poster distributed by Skånepartiet showing a drawing of a naked Muhammad holding hands with a likewise naked Aisha. Swedish police says they are taking the threats seriously. Ammar Daoud, representative of a Muslim Organisation in Malmö says the drawing make him and other … [Read more...] about Swedish politician threatened
Muslims in Sweden
Yet another drawing…
The Right wing, populist Skånepartiet (a local party active in Skåne, the most southern county of Sweden) have managed to create a buzz by using a poster showing a drawing of a naked Muhammad holding hands with a likewise naked Aisha. “Is this the kind of marriages we want in Skåne?” reads a text. Accused of hate speech, Skånepartiets leader Carl P. Herslow says:”We’re … [Read more...] about Yet another drawing…
Swedish far right populist takes a stand against the spread of Islam
Kent Ekeroth, international secretary of the far right Populist Party the Swedish Democrats (SD) said in an interview in Swedish Public Radio that SD could be described as an "Islam critic" party, working against the spread of Islam in Europe and Sweden, as well as against the building of mosques and especially mosques with minarets. "Islams is not an ideology equivalent … [Read more...] about Swedish far right populist takes a stand against the spread of Islam
Sweden’s young muslims cancel visit by criticized imam
Sweden's Young Muslims (SUM) is hosting a conference in Stockholm this weekend where the North-American imam Abdullah Hakim Quick were supposed to talk about the future of young Muslims in the west. According to different sources the imam has been rallying against homosexuals and Jews in earlier speeches - and after a week of massive protests SUM decided to cancel Quick's … [Read more...] about Sweden’s young muslims cancel visit by criticized imam
Islam in Sweden
written by Simon Sorgenfrei Demographics Even though Sweden, or what today is Sweden, has a long history of commercial and political contacts with countries dominated by Muslim culture – dating back to the Viking era ((.Wikander 1978)) and peaking with Swedish-Ottoman contacts in the seventeenth and especially eighteenth centuries (( Ådahl 2002))– Muslim presence in … [Read more...] about Islam in Sweden