When Mosa Sayed, researcher at the Faculty of Law at Uppsala University, defended his thesis, “Islam och arvsrätt i det mångkulturella Sverige. En internationellt privaträttslig och jämförande studie” (“Islam and inheritence law in multicultural Sweden”) it was spoken about as controversial already, and as a result the hall was packed and had to be guarded…
In a radio debate between Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (moderate) and leader of the opposition Mona Sahlin (social democrat), Reinfeldt refused to give a straight answer on the possibility of banning of burqas in Sweden. “We don’t need to hide our faces in this way in Sweden”, Reinfeldt said. Sahlin said she was against…
Sweden’s minister for Integration and Gender Equality, Nyamko Sabuni (Fp – Liberal People’s Party), has ordered an investigation of Islamist extremist activity in Sweden by the secret police (SÄPO). Sabuni also calls for exploring ways to support young people who want to leave Islamist organizations.
At least five of six mosques that are currently being designed and plannned in Sweden will be built with a separate balcony for female attendants. The designs are being protested by some members of the Muslim community who rather would see men and women share mosque space.
According to the publication Dagens Nyheter, phone threats to artist Lars Vilks – who in 2007 drew a picture of Muhammad as a dog – came from al-Shabab in Somalia. Representatives from al-Shabab have been in Sweden to recruit and collect money in mosques in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmoe. Swedish secret police (SÄPO) claim about…
