Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden (18)

This is the latest in our series of translations from European sources on the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in European nations and the 18th such article on Sweden. The article is translated by Fousesquawk from the conservative Swedish site, Nyheter Idag. It concerns the resumption of financial support from the city of Stockholm to the Ibn Rushd Study Association, a documented branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

 https://nyheteridag.se/stockholms-stad-beviljar-miljonbidrag-till-ibn-rushd-stoppar-bidrag-till-forening-mot-hedersvald/

City of Stockholm grants one million (kronors) to Ibn Rushd- stops contributions to association against honor violence

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Last December, the city of Stockholm paused a planned payment of 3.9 million (kronors)  to the controversial study association, Ibn Rushd after the Public Education Council determined that the study association’s teaching materials dealt with child abuse, child marriage, and described homosexuality as a sin. But on Tuesday, the Cultural Committee in Stockholm decided to resume the payments, Swedish Radio reports. 

The criticized material was reportedly used by the study association in other places than in Stockholm, and after Ibn Rushd came back with a plan of action as the city was visiting the association’s operations, the payments to the association were resumed.

At the same time, the city of Stockholm stopped payments of 600,000 (kronors) per year to the association, “Never forget Peta and Fadime” (GAPF), which works against honor oppression. The reason is that a board member of the association, put up postings on his private Facebook page that the city views as breaking the city’s guidelines.

GAPF states in a press release that it has distanced itself from the board member’s now-deleted posts and that the association has taken measures such as updating its communication policy and ethical guidelines, as well as conducting training for staff and personnel, but the city of Stockholm is standing fast to its decision.

“We wonder how the city really works within democracy. How can a study association that has links to the Muslim Brotherhood and has been involved in brokering temporary marriage contracts, i.e. trafficking in women’s bodies according to a disclosure by Uppdrag Gransking (Assignment Examination) qualify for support but not us, who strongly help and protect vulnerable women and girls?” says Sara Mohammad, founder of GAPF, in a statement.

Since the election, the city of Stockholm is run by a coalition made up of Social Democrats, the Left Party, and the Green Party.