Muslim Council of Sweden

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Muslim Council of Sweden
Sveriges muslimska råd
AbbreviationSMR
Formation1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Chairperson
Helena Benaouda

The Muslim Council of Sweden (

umbrella organisation of Islamic organisations in Sweden. It was founded in 1990 by representatives of the United Islamic Parishes in Sweden (Swedish: Förenade islamiska församlingar i Sverige, FIFS) and the Muslim Association of Sweden (Swedish
: Sveriges Muslimska Förbund, SMuF). The current chairperson of the organisation is Helena Benaouda, who succeeded Mostafa Kharraki.

According to islamologist Sameh Egyptson at Lund University,

Islamist ideologies and are influenced by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.[3]

Alliance with the Social Democratic Party

In 1999, the organisation was part of an alliance with the

Jumu'ah (Friday prayer). According to Religious Social Democrats chairman Peter Weiderud in 2014, the Religious Social Democrats were still in contact with SMR.[4]

Leadership

Member organizations

The Muslim Council of Sweden currently has 9 member organisations, with a total number of about 100,000 members:

Controversies

SMR has been involved in several controversies. In 2006 Mahmoud Aldebe, one of the Board members of SMR, sent letters to each of the major political parties in Sweden demanding special legislation for Muslims in Sweden, including the right to specific Islamic holidays, special public financing for the building of Mosques, that all divorces between Muslim couples be approved by an Imam, and that Imams should be allowed to teach Islam to children of Muslim parents in public schools. The request was condemned by all political parties and the government and the Swedish Liberal Party requested that an investigation be started by the Office of the Exchequer into the use of public funding of SMR. A spokesperson of the Board of SMR subsequently stated that while it supported some of the contents of the letter it had not discussed other parts, such as special legislation for Muslims and did not think that the letter had been a good idea to communicate them in a list of demands.[5]

Although the Board of SMR did not condemn Aldebe the letter has caused conflict within the organization.[6]

SMR has also been accused of being closely allied to the

Swedish Association of Christian Social Democrats). Which has been criticised both inside and outside the party.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "S lovar att samarbeta med Sveriges muslimska råd". Expressen.se. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
  2. ^ Egyptson, Sameh. "Så har islamisterna byggt upp sin maktbas i Sverige". Götebores-Posten. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02.
  3. ^ a b Swedish Television Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Granskningen av islam och integrationen, del II: Socialdemokraternas oheliga röstfiske, 2 May 2006
  4. ^ a b c "S lovar att samarbeta med Sveriges muslimska råd | Nyheter | Expressen". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  5. ^ Sveriges muslimska råd i krismöte Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Swedish Radio, Friday 28 April 2006 (in Swedish). A copy of the letter sent by Aldebe can be found here (in Swedish)
  6. ^ Sydsvenska dagbladet Archived 2007-01-02 at the Wayback Machine, Krav på muslimska lagar i Sverige skapar maktkamp , 28 April 2006. Folkbladet i Norrköping, Imam: Vi vill ha egna lagar - men muslimska rådets krav möter hårt motstånd, 29 April 2006

External links

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