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SJ 'not wrong' to kick praying man off train

National: 24 Jan 12
The Swedish National Rail Service, SJ, was not wrong to kick a Muslim man off the train for not showing his pass while deep in prayer, ruled a Swedish watchdog after finding it impossible to prove he had been discriminated against. READ »

Swedish mosque starts 'halal' dating site

Society: 16 Dec 11
There are not enough places in Sweden for young Muslims to find a partner, according to the Gothenburg Mosque, which has started a net dating site for ”halal” dating. READ »

Muslim man kicked off train for praying

National: 3 Nov 11
A devout Muslim was kicked off a train bound for Flen, south of Stockholm, in May, after failing to show his ticket to the conductor as he was deep in prayer. READ »

'Ice mosque' to be built near Sweden's Ice Hotel

Society: 19 Oct 11
The highly popular church built near the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi in Northern Sweden might soon be joined by an ice mosque, if all goes according to plan. READ »

Police confirm searching mosque in Gothenburg

National: 18 Sep 11
The National Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed it searched a mosque in Gothenburg as part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot against a local art gallery, a charge later changed to attempted murder. READ »

Swedes urged to celebrate 'multicultural' national day

National: 6 Jun 11
An editorial article attacking the far-right and calling on Swedes to celebrate "diversity not stupidity" on national day, has provoked a heated debate in the Swedish media on Monday. READ »

Police out in force for mosque protests

National: 21 May 11
Gothenburg police are facing their biggest challenge since the EU protests in 2001 as thousands of protestors gather Saturday for and against a nearly completed mosque on Hisingen. READ »

Muslim group takes over Swedish church

National: 10 May 11
A Muslim group plans to turn a church into a mosque after Swedish pentecostalists decided to sell a superfluous property in a display of "Christian love". READ »

Sweden issues Syria travel warning

National: 14 Apr 11
Sweden's foreign ministry on Thursday issued a warning against travel to Syria as pro-reform demonstrations in the autocratic Middle Eastern country gained strength. READ »

Sweden freezes Qaddafi billions

National: 23 Mar 11
Sweden has frozen assets hidden by Muammar Qaddafi's and his associates worth over 10 billion kronor ($1.6 billion), according to a media report on Wednesday. READ »

Halal or Haram? A new council gives advice to Muslims in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Mar 11
The newly-formed Swedish Fatwa Council sets out to help Muslims in Sweden seeking advice about how to live in accordance with Islam, but not everyone is convinced the group is necessary, The Local's Karen Holst discovers. READ »

'Stockholm bomber was alone': Swedish police

National: 9 Mar 11
Swedish police have confirmed their view that the suicide bomber who blew himself up in central Stockholm in December was alone at the time, while Scottish police continued to search for further UK-based suspects. READ »

'God's House' being built in suburban Stockholm

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 11
As religious tensions continue to cause friction in Sweden and elsewhere, Lutherans, Catholics, and Muslims near Stockholm have come together to present a new model for religious tolerance, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Malmö mosque owned by group with Qaddafi ties

National: 28 Feb 11
The Islamic Center in Malmö, which houses one of the city's main mosques, is owned by a Libyan organisation founded by Muammar Qaddafi. READ »

Jews still struggle to feel at home in Malmö

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Feb 11
A year after claims about an exodus of Jews from Malmö made global headlines, many Jewish residents still don't feel safe in southern Sweden, The Local's Karen Holst discovers. READ »

Swedish tourist: police in Egypt tortured me

National: 31 Jan 11
A 22-year-old man from southern Sweden claims he was arrested and tortured by Egyptian police before escaping from jail when it caught fire. Two Swedish journalists were also detained in Cairo on Sunday. READ »

'He was a normal Muslim': bomber's wife

National: 3 Jan 11
The wife of the man who blew himself up in a busy shopping district in Stockholm said in an interview on Sunday she had no idea her husband was plotting a terror attack. READ »

Fourth terror suspect remanded in Stockholm

National: 30 Dec 10
The 37-year-old Swede arrested in connection with a terror plot against a Danish newspaper was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terror crimes. READ »

Swede suspects once arrested in Pakistan

National: 30 Dec 10
Two of the Swedish citizens arrested following a foiled terror plot against a Danish newspaper have previously been arrested in Pakistan. READ »

Sweden could be a 'catalyst of understanding' after attack

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Dec 10
While Sweden is left asking why after experiencing its first suicide bombing, Fulbright scholar and US Muslim Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad calls on the country to deploy its history of neutrality to build bridges across Europe to defeat the radicalisation of Muslim youth. READ »

Swedish mosques unite against bombing

Society: 17 Dec 10
Last weekend’s suicide bomb attack in Stockholm will be a central theme of Friday prayers at a local mosque in the Swedish capital, which has urged mosques around the country to address the issue as well. READ »

Bomber linked to radical preacher: report

National: 16 Dec 10
The man who carried out Sweden's first suicide bombing in central Stockholm on Saturday is thought to have had ties to radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza, according to media reports. READ »

Sweden attack shows more needed to combat extremism: UK PM

Politics: 15 Dec 10
UK Prime Minister David Cameron admitted on Wednesday that his country needed to do more to fight domestic Islamic extremism following reports that a Swedish suicide bomber lived and studied northwest of London. READ »

Swedish police probe bomber's accomplices

National: 15 Dec 10
Swedish investigators are continuing their hunt for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing serious damage in Stockholm on Saturday afternoon as police boosted their presence in the city. READ »

'Mass casualties' narrowly avoided: Bildt

Politics: 14 Dec 10
The suicide bomber who blew himself up in downtown Stockholm on Saturday was within minutes of unleashing untold carnage among holiday shoppers, foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday. READ »

Sweden bomber 'friendly' immigrant turned radical

National: 13 Dec 10
The man suspected of being the suicide bomber behind two Stockholm bombings on Saturday was described on Monday as an ordinary friendly young immigrant to Sweden who drastically changed after moving to the UK to study. READ »

Local imam condemns Stockholm bombings

Society: 12 Dec 10
A Stockholm-based imam on Sunday condemned the two explosions which targeted holiday shoppers in the Swedish capital, killing one person in a what has been called a terrorist crime. READ »

Men locked in mosque during terror raid

National: 11 Nov 10
The Gothenburg police are facing more criticism following revelations that they locked eight men in a mosque when responding to a terror threat on October 30th. READ »

Sweden Democrats fear Islamic revolution

National: 17 Sep 10
An Islamic revolution akin to the one that swept through Iran in 1979 could easily take place in Sweden, claims the second highest ranking member of the far-right Sweden Democrats. READ »

Local Sweden Democrat: 'ban' practicing Muslims

Politics: 11 Sep 10
A local politician from the far-right Sweden Democrats argued during an election debate on Thursday that Muslims shouldn't be allowed to practice their faith in Strömsund in northwestern Sweden. READ »

Swedish Muslims face daylight fast challenge

Society: 11 Aug 10
Sweden’s long summer days are presenting a challenge to Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Wednesday. Things are set to get even more challenging in 2015, when the fast will fall in June. READ »

Vilks takes fight to Facebook foes

National: 8 Jun 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has joined a Facebook group entitled "Kill Lars Vilks" in order to engage in discussion with his antagonists as part of his ongoing art project to explore the bounds of free speech. READ »

Sweden Democrats decry secular school song

Politics: 4 Jun 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats have proposed forcing schools to offer a church service sing-song at the end of term, expressing concern over the secular trend among Swedish schools. READ »

Sweden sheltering terrorist cleric: Uzbek TV

National: 29 May 10
A cleric based in Sweden has been accused by Uzbek state television of instigating a suicide attack on the US embassy in 2004, as well as directing a series of high-profile killings last year. READ »

Swedes recruited by Somali terror group

National: 5 May 10
An al-Qaeda-linked extremist group in Somalia has recruited more than 20 young people from Sweden to fight in the war-torn African country, the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) fears. READ »

Police urge calm at mosque demo

National: 11 Apr 10
Police in Gothenburg sought to ward off clashes on Sunday as neo-Nazi demonstrators opposed to the construction of a new mosque met with resistance from counter-demonstrators. READ »

Stockholm gives go-ahead for new mosque

National: 27 Feb 10
Local politicians are in agreement that a mosque should be built in Rinkeby, a suburb in western Stockholm. Representatives of six Swedish political parties have expressed support for the new house of worship. READ »

Jews flee Malmö as anti-Semitism grows

Society: 27 Jan 10
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety. READ »

Danish artist's attacker 'tried to recruit Swedes'

National: 12 Jan 10
Young Swedes were encouraged to join the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab by the Danish-Somali man who attacked Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard with an axe, according to Danish media reports. READ »

No suspects in attack against Malmö mosque

National: 2 Jan 10
As of New Year's Eve evening, police had no suspects for an attack against a mosque in Malmö earlier in the day when shots had been fired through the window. READ »

Minaret ban favoured by one in four Swedes: poll

National: 3 Dec 09
One in four Swedes is in favour of prohibiting the building of more minarets in the country, a new poll shows. READ »

Bildt blasts 'prejudice' of Swiss minaret ban

Politics: 30 Nov 09
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Monday slammed Switzerland's referendum to ban the construction of minarets on mosques in the Alpine country. READ »

November in Sweden: Shoes at the door for dinner party season

Lifestyle: 23 Nov 09
The Year in Sweden - November: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Teens sign up for jihad at Stockholm youth centre

National: 11 Nov 09
Swedish taxpayers helped fund a youth recreation centre in the north Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby which served as a recruiting station for the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab. READ »

Swedish terrorist gets life sentence

National: 15 Sep 09
Swedish citizen Ousama Kassir was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by a New York court after being found guilty earlier this year of planning to set up an Al-Qaeda training camp in the United States. READ »

Swede convicted in US on terror charges

National: 13 May 09
A Swedish man of Lebanese origin charged with planning to set up an Al Qaeda training camp in the United States was convicted by a New York court on Tuesday, according to prosecutors. READ »

Swedish terror suspect worked for Al-Qaeda: prosecutors

National: 22 Apr 09
As the trial of a Swedish citizen facing terror charges began in New York on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that the man planned to set up an Al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the United States. READ »

Rosengård: Integration in the eye of the storm

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 09
Malmö suburb Rosengård has come to symbolise Sweden's struggles with integration. AFP's Marc Preel examines a community grappling with its identity after a winter marred by rioting and clashes with the police. READ »

Crowd ban 'risks bolstering extremists'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou. READ »

‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab. READ »

'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden. READ »

Row breaks out over Rosengård report

National: 30 Jan 09
Three academics who demanded to see the source material behind a controversial new report on religious and political extremism in the Malmö suburb of Rosengård have been told that the material no longer exists. READ »

Rosengård 'growing more radical'

Society: 28 Jan 09
A majority of Rosengård's inhabitants believe the troubled Malmö suburb has undergone a serious political and religious radicalization over the past five years, a new study shows. READ »

Rosengård riots abate after two violent nights

National: 20 Dec 08
The streets of Malmö’s Rosengård district were relatively calm on Friday evening, as the hundreds of youth who rioted earlier in the week refrained from engaging in renewed clashes with police. READ »

Rioting breaks out in Malmö suburb

National: 19 Dec 08
Scores of young people rioted on Thursday night in Rosengård, the Malmö suburb in which tensions have been running high since the recent closure of an Islamic cultural centre. READ »

Unrest continues near vacated Malmö mosque

National: 18 Dec 08
Fresh disturbances erupted on Wednesday evening near the basement location which had previously served as a mosque in Malmö's Rosengård district. READ »

Tension following removal of Malmö mosque activists

National: 15 Dec 08
Tempers flared in Malmö on Monday morning as riot police used dogs to clear three protesters out of a basement office which has served as a mosque for more than a 15 years, but had been ordered closed back on November 24th. READ »

Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque

National: 16 Oct 08
Abu Qaswara, the Swedish citizen killed by US forces in Iraq in early October and thought to be a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda’s Iraq operations, has been connected to a Stockholm-area mosque. READ »

Swedish mosque arsonist held for hate crime

National: 22 Aug 08
A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a mosque in Strömsund, northern Sweden. READ »

Mosque fire 'could have been arson'

National: 15 Aug 08
A fire that broke out in a mosque in northern Sweden on Thursday night could have been started deliberately, police say. READ »

Murder of UN official deals blow to Somali peace efforts: Sweden

Politics: 8 Jul 08
The Swedish government has condemned the killing of the top United Nations official in Somalia. READ »

Sweden Democrat used Nazi propaganda

Politics: 7 Jul 08
The Sweden Democrats have landed in hot water after one of their representatives published an article on the party's website using phrases borrowed from a neo-Nazi group. READ »

Far-right politician votes for mosque

National: 13 Jun 08
A far-right Sweden Democrat politician surprised his colleagues in the southern Swedish town of Karlskrona by voting in favour of allowing Muslims to convert a former recreation hall into a mosque. READ »

Government to examine imam education in Sweden

Education: 22 May 08
The government announced plans on Thursday to examine whether Sweden should implement a special training program for imams. READ »

The path to Swedish asylum: A smuggler speaks

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 08
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden. READ »

Swedish state to train imams

National: 5 Feb 08
The Swedish government has begun exploring the possibility of providing religious training for Muslim leaders. READ »

Immigrant children 'like visitors from the Middle Ages'

Society: 11 Jan 08
Officials in Eskilstuna have been slammed for a report claiming that some immigrant children are a thousand years behind their Swedish peers. READ »

Building set to start on Saudi-funded Mosque

National: 6 Nov 07
Designs for a controversial Saudi-funded landmark mosque in Gothenburg have received the go-ahead from Muslim leaders in the city, meaning building can start next spring. READ »

Church of Sweden split over gay marriage

National: 25 Oct 07
Church of Sweden delegates have voted to retain the right to carry out legally binding weddings. But not everybody is happy with the prospect of a new gender-neutral marriage law. READ »

A leap of faith

Lifestyle: 12 Oct 07
Swedish women who convert to Islam: Of the 400,000 people in Sweden estimated to be celebrating the end of Ramadan this weekend, around 5,000 are ethnic Swedes who have converted to Islam. Two women converts tell Rami Abdelrahman about how they square their faith with society's expectations. READ »

Hundreds of bomb scares in Sweden each year

National: 29 Sep 07
Suspected bombs are reported in Sweden almost every day - but despite an apparent flurry of bomb scares recently, police say there is not enough evidence to suggest an upward trend. READ »

Reinfeldt in talks with Muslim groups

Politics: 4 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister said on Tuesday he was sorry if Muslims were offended by a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a dog but he also stressed that freedom of expression was an "inalienable" right in Sweden. READ »

Paper defends Muhammad dog cartoon

Society: 28 Aug 07
Leading figures in Sweden's media industry have backed newspaper Nerikes Allehanda, which has been criticised by Iran for publishing a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog. The paper itself has meanwhile defended its decision to publish. READ »

'Enemy combatant' lived in Sweden

National: 14 Aug 07
A man who previously lived in Sweden as an asylum seeker, and is now imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay, has been officially classed by US authorities as an 'enemy combatant'. READ »

Swede questioned about Stockholm mosque

National: 16 Jan 07
A Swedish citizen arrested in Morocco on Christmas Day has faced thorough questioning about activities at a mosque in the Stockholm suburb of Brandbergen, according to reports. READ »

Terror Swede jailed in Bosnia

National: 10 Jan 07
A Swede has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for by a court in Sarajevo after being convicted of planning terror attacks on European countries. READ »

Sweden Democrats: pay immigrants to leave

Politics: 23 Nov 06
The Sweden Democrats in Malmö want to pay immigrants to leave the country. But the Social Democrats, who control the city, say that the proposal would create a 'them and us' situation. READ »

Swedes killed in Baghdad bombs

National: 8 Apr 06
Two Swedes were among 80 people killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Friday. The pair are reported to be a man and his six-year old son, from the Stockholm area. READ »

Swedish government funds Malmö mosque repair

Society: 27 Mar 06
The Islamic Centre in Malmö is to receive three million kronor in government funding for rebuilding and repairing damage caused in the latest attack on the mosque. READ »

Appeal to parents of mosque baby

Society: 10 Mar 06
Police and social services have released a picture of a newborn baby abandoned in a Stockholm mosque on Wednesday. They are hoping someone will recognize the girl from the picture. READ »

Swedish soldier dies in Afghanistan

Smörgåsbord: 26 Nov 05
One of four Swedish soldiers wounded in a bomb attack in northern Afghanistan has died of his injuries. Another Swedish peacekeeper is in a serious condition in hospital after the explosion in Mazar-i-Sharif. READ »

Bosnian war criminal transferred to Swedish jail

National: 25 Nov 05
The UN war crimes court in The Hague said on Friday that the Bosnian Serb politician convicted of crimes against humanity has been transferred to Sweden to serve his 10-year sentence. READ »

Four out of ten Muslim groups threatened

Society: 24 Nov 05
Four out of ten Swedish Muslim organisations have been threatened, while three out of ten have been attacked or vandalised. Muslim women with veils are particularly likely to be harassed. READ »

Malmö mosque "faces ruin"

Society: 16 Nov 05
An Islamic centre in Malmö has asked Göran Persson to intervene to save it from financial ruin. A series of arson attacks mean the mosque's insurers will no longer provide cover. READ »

Police search for terror accomplices

National: 12 Nov 05
An 18-year old Swede arrested in Bosnia suspected of involvement in terrorism may have had accomplices in Sweden, police say. Someone may have had influence over him, says a prosecutor. READ »

Arson attack on Malmö mosque

National: 22 Oct 05
For the second time in a month, Malmö's mosque is the target of an arson attack. The emergency services managed to save the building from serious damage and police have given the hunt for the arsonist the highest priority. READ »

Malmö Mosque blaze was arson

National: 18 Sep 05
A fire at a mosque in Malmö was started deliberately, police say. The attack, on Saturday night, was started when a bottle of flammable liquid was thrown through a window. READ »

"Get teachers to spy on danger pupils"

National: 16 Sep 05
Stockholm's school board is to consider whether teachers should work more closely with the security services. But the security service says that they don't want to recruit teachers as spies. READ »

New evidence links man to terror group

National: 6 Sep 05
Emails intercepted in Germany appear to show a man appealing conviction on terror charges in Stockholm has links with terrorist group Ansar al-Islam. READ »

Man linked to London bombings threatens Sweden

National: 22 Jul 05
Swede suspected of links to London bombings
The Swedish man wanted by the FBI in connection with the London bombings has denied involvement, but says that Sweden would be "punished" if he was handed to the British. READ »

Muslim schools seek funding from Saudi "fundamentalists"

Society: 7 Jun 05
Swedish Radio has created a stir by suggesting wealthy Saudi "fundamentalists" are buying influence in Sweden's Muslim schools and community organisations. READ »

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