Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden (15)

The below translation of a recent article by the conservative Swedish site, Nyheter Idag, is the latest in our series of translations from original European articles regarding the Muslim Brotherhood in various European nations. It is the 15th such translation from Sweden and is written by Johannes Nilsson.

The below article concerns the Ibn Rushd Study Association, which has been identified in numerous previous translation from Swedish sources as an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden. An employee of the association in  Malmö reportedly sent an email to the city and reportedly threatened a riot of the city did not come up with sufficient grant money to help sponsor a Muslim religious festival.

The below article is translated by Fousesquawk. We were unable to translate the original article from Sydsvenskan since it was subject to a subscriber block.

 https://nyheteridag.se/ibn-rushd-anstalld-polisanmald-av-malmo-stad-efter-bidragsgral-gatt-over-gransen/

Friday, May 12, 2023

Ibn Rushd employee reported to police by city of Malmö after grant dispute: “Went over the line”

Caption: Moorish Pavilion in Peoples’ Park,  Malmö

An employee of the Ibn Rushd Study Association has been reported to the police by the city of  Malmö after he threatened a riot in a grant dispute for a Muslim festival, Sydsvenskan reports.

It concerns the city of  Malmö‘s contribution to the Eid festival that Ibn Rushd has organized  in People’s Park since 2011 with economic support from the city of  Malmö since 2013.

This year, no festival is organized because of a reduced contribution from the city of  Malmö. Now correspondence between the city of  Malmö and an employee of Ibn Rushd has led to a police report, Sydsvenskan writes. 

Instead of the Eid festival that is celebrated at the end of April, Malmö and Ibn Rushd planned to cooperate on a celebration of Muslims’ second largest holiday, Id al-Adha, which this year falls at the end of June.

But it was difficult to come up with a grant amount, and in an email from the employee, he wrote that there are people who would start a riot if the festival did not take place. He also wrote that it should not be interpreted as a threat, and that 20,000 people wanted to have a festival and not a riot.

The city of  Malmö reported the email from the employee to the police after the city’s lawyers judged that parts of the email could meet the criteria for an illegal threat.

“Although we maintain a cool and neutral attitude to the email, we feel that trust for us as decision-makers can be damaged. Therefore, it is very important that we get an outside opinion,” says Per-Erik Ebbeståhl, head of security for the city of  Malmö.

From the city of Malmö’s side, it is the individual employee who is considered responsible for the email and not the Ibn Rushd Study Association..

“Unfortunately, he has gone over the line for what is acceptable,” says Per-Erik Ebbeståhl to Sydsvenskan.

Ibn Rushd states that the employee has been suspended from his work.

“This communication is in no way representative of the organization. This is an employee who has received support and help, ” says Malin  Noyen, district chief for Ibn Rushd to Sydsvenskan.