The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden (22)

This is the latest in our series of translations from original European articles dealing with the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in various European countries and the 22nd such article from Sweden. The article concerns a controversial thesis written by researcher Sameh Egyptson on how the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated Swedish society. Several complaints had been filed against the thesis alleging fabrication and falsification, as well as the inclusion of personal information about criminal convictions, political, and religious beliefs. After review, the thesis has been cleared of irregularities.

The article below in Fria Tider is translated by Fousesquawk.

Study on how Muslims infiltrate Sweden finally approved

Posted October 9, 2025

Domestic. Sameh Egyptson's rewritten thesis on how political Islam is infiltrating Swedish society is cleared of irregularity. The National Research Ethics Board (NPOF) has ruled in a new decision that he was not guilty of fabrication or falsification.

The thesis, which was published in 2023 and points out connections between Swedish organizations and the Muslim Brotherhood, was reported (to authorities) on several occasions. 

Among other things, the Board for Ethical Review (Önep), a controversial board with leftwing activists, decided to file a lawsuit against the study. According to Önep, the thesis dealt with personal information with connections to political and religious beliefs, as well as information about criminal convictions without the necessary ethics review approval. However, the prosecutor dropped the preliminary investigation.

NPOF has now concluded its review after receiving four complaints. The board has gone through 111 alleged errors-from factual errors and manipulation of sources to lack of reasoning. Several points have been corrected by Egyptson himself after his oral defense, and those that remain are judged not to constitute irregularity in research.

"This is a victory on all counts," Sameh Egyptson says to SVT after the decision was made public on Wednesday afternoon.

NPOF specifically reviews fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism.  In Egyptson's case, he is cleared of suspicion of fabrication and falsification. In addition to ÖNEP, Lund University's Board for Deviation from Good Research also felt that the thesis should be ethically reviewed. Egyptson disputed that he used sensitive personal information.

Egyptson now hopes to see more research in this area.

"I hope so, and I hope that young researchers dare to tackle this, and that politicians dare to change laws. And also that journalists will be able to go into the substance of the thesis and not into formalities, which many did," Egyptson tells SVT.