The Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden (11)

Hat tip Ledarsidorna. Translation by Fousesquawk.

This is another in our series of translations from European articles regarding the Muslim Brotherhood in various European countries, and the 11th such article from Sweden. The below article is written by Johan Westerholm, one of Sweden's foremost experts on the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden. The article currently appears in Ledarsidorna, a Swedish blog that specializes in such topics.

This article is especially depressing since it also concerns the Swedish Church, a highly radicalized and politicized institution. This month, The Swedish Church is hosting a week-long event together with organizations that make up part of the Muslim Brotherhood network in Europe. 

https://ledarsidorna.se/2022/02/arekebiskopens-arv-fortsatt-radikalisering-av-svenska-kyrkan/

Archbishop's legacy: Continued radicalization of the Swedish Church

February 20-24, Antje Jackelin invites you to the archbishop's meeting, A Week of Neighbors. A meeting that is a continuation of the Malmö conference held in 2018. This year's program shows that nothing has changed in substance for the Swedish Church, which continues to develop in a radicalizing cluster together with the fascist Muslim Brotherhood's network of organizations.

On February 20-24, Antje Jackelin invites you to the archbishop's meeting, A Week of Neighbors. The meeting is digital and open to all. It is built upon three years of intensive work together with practitioners in Europe who work with and for refugees. The meeting is primarily in English, which is the common language in the practitioner network, A World of Neighbors.

When the project was started in 2018, which Ledarsidorna contributors reported on, it also included known radical organizations within the Muslim Brotherhood's cluster of network organizations. They include aid organizations, Islamic Relief and Muslim Aid, as well as the British organization, MCHC, Muslim Cultural Heritage Center, or in everyday language, the al Manaar Mosque. This (mosque) is known for having been ISIS executioner, "Jihadi John's" home mosque, where among other things, he was able to preach his views on the mosque's steps before he joined ISIS operational activity in Syria.

This year's seminar week is no exception in terms of the presence of radicalizing or radical organizations. On February 21, during the year's conference week, a conversation will be held with representatives of one of the Swedish Church's joint projects at Järva field together with representatives for Muslim Aid, among others.

Muslim Aid Sweden, which is currently in the application process and in dialogue with aid authority, Sida, to obtain status as a strategic partner, is primarily financed by Muslim Aid UK. Muslim Aid UK, in turn, is, for the second time in less than 10 years, under investigation by the "Charity Commission" for connections with terrorist organizations and risks having its funds frozen as well as having its permission to conduct aid activities revoked.

Muslim Aid Sweden was earlier granted Corona support by the (Economic) Growth Agency, which Ledarsidorna was able to report on. Muslim Aid Sweden is represented by the former Housing and IT Minister, Mehmet Kaplan (previously member of Parliament), who was forced to resign from the Löfven government after he was revealed to have links to the national fascist and Islmistic organizations, "Gray Wolves" and Milli Görus. The latter organization has risked being banned in Germany.

Even though Kaplan is not represented on Muslim Aid Sweden's board, he underwrites the organization. It was Kaplan who signed Muslim Aid Sweden's application for Corona aid, in formal terms, short-term support, to the (Economic) Growth Agency.

Also sitting on Muslim Aid Sweden's board is Alve Högman, union rector at the Study Association Ibn Rushd, where Lamia el Amri is the activity director. El Amri is the chairperson for Islamic Relief Sweden and vice-chairperson for Islamic Relief Worldwide, IRW. Previously, el Amri was chairperson for IRW but was forced to resign after the British media revealed extensive wrongful anti-Semitic ideas in the organization. El Amri rejoined the board 24 hours after her resignation, but then as vice-chairperson despite guarantees at her resignation that she would not rejoin. 

In addition to the Swedish Church's representative, there is also the local civil society represented by former leading representatives of Academic School in Järva. The Academic School in  Järva changed the principal of the Fryshuset in 2021 after having their permit revoked by School Inspectorate, who, among other things, judged that the leadership was unsuited to conduct school activity.

Ann-Charlotte Ramstaller, lead investigator prior to the decision by the School Inspectorate, told Mitti in August 2021 that:

"It's really about two parts. In part, we have seen inappropriate parts in ownership and management, in part, the company has a weak economic position."

"A world of neighbors" is the archbishop's own project within the framework of her office and the conference week, "A world of neighbors is to be considered as the archbishop's interreligious legacy to her successor to manage where she points out the desired direction.

A direction that will mean that the Swedish Church will continue to include and be developed together with organizations that are dominated by or stand directly under the influence of the fascist Muslim Brotherhood.