https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The imam of the Malmö mosque hit by a bullet on New Year's Eve has said that his congregation were determined not to feel any hate as a result. https://www.thelocal.se/20190102/malm-mosque-hit-by-bullet-on-new-years-eve Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:15:01 +0100 malm-mosque-hit-by-bullet-on-new-years-eve Following a recent spate of anti-Semitic incidents in Sweden, Justice Minister Morgan Johansson has hardened his tone and called upon Muslim groups to 'minimise tensions'. https://www.thelocal.se/20171220/swedish-ministers-criticism-of-muslim-anti-semitism-a-sweeping-generalization-islamic-leader Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:10:00 +0100 swedish-ministers-criticism-of-muslim-anti-semitism-a-sweeping-generalization-islamic-leader Muslims living in Sweden feel a stronger attachment to their country than most of Europe, according to a new survey that looks at discrimination of minorities in the European Union. https://www.thelocal.se/20170925/how-do-muslim-immigrants-feel-about-living-in-sweden Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:18:52 +0200 how-do-muslim-immigrants-feel-about-living-in-sweden Swedes overestimate both the size of the country's Muslim population and the rate at which it is growing, according to new research. https://www.thelocal.se/20161214/swedes-wildly-overestimate-muslim-population-survey Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:22:57 +0100 swedes-wildly-overestimate-muslim-population-survey Police are investigating after a 14-year-old Muslim girl was attacked outside a school in southern Sweden in what police say may have been a hate-related attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20160909/girl-attacked-at-school-in-southern-sweden-boras Fri, 09 Sep 2016 14:29:54 +0200 girl-attacked-at-school-in-southern-sweden-boras Sweden’s education minister has called for tougher laws preventing gender segregation after a Muslim school was given the all-clear to run separate gym classes for boys and girls. https://www.thelocal.se/20160829/stockholm-school-segregates-boys-and-girls Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:10:23 +0200 stockholm-school-segregates-boys-and-girls Swedish police have come out in defence of a Muslim border checks passport inspector, who stirred debate after he refused to shake his female colleagues' hands. https://www.thelocal.se/20160609/hand-shaking-row-over-muslim-border-inspector Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:34:57 +0200 hand-shaking-row-over-muslim-border-inspector A Swedish Green Party politician, who ignited a storm of controversy after refusing to shake hands with a female reporter on grounds that it violated his Muslim faith, announced on Wednesday that he was quitting politics. https://www.thelocal.se/20160420/swedish-politician-quits-after-refusing-to-shake-womens-hands Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:17:23 +0200 swedish-politician-quits-after-refusing-to-shake-womens-hands A Saudi Arabian student living in Stockholm has told The Local what she found when she decided to conduct a social experiment to investigate islamophobia in the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.se/20160323/watch-how-swedes-react-to-this-muslim-students-question Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:35:55 +0100 watch-how-swedes-react-to-this-muslim-students-question A Muslim student in Sweden is dressing up as Santa Claus to spread festive joy among Swedish families on Christmas – and to extend a hand of friendship between religions. https://www.thelocal.se/20151218/muslim-santa-spreads-joy-for-swedish-christmas Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:38:10 +0100 muslim-santa-spreads-joy-for-swedish-christmas UPDATED: Protesters gathered in Stockholm this week to campaign against H&M and Swedish department store Åhlens using women wearing hijabs in recent fashion campaigns. But other Muslims are celebrating their new "role models". https://www.thelocal.se/20151013/should-swedish-fashion-firms-use-hijab-models Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:46:54 +0200 should-swedish-fashion-firms-use-hijab-models Muslims in Malmö marked Eid al-Fitr, the holiday that signals the end of the holy month of Ramadan, with a festival in Folkets Park on Saturday. Hundreds of Malmö residents celebrated with music, food and dancing. https://www.thelocal.se/20150719/malm-muslims-celebrate-ramadans-end Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:03:43 +0200 malm-muslims-celebrate-ramadans-end Muslims in the Nordic region can expect new guidelines for coping with a sun that never sets ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a Swedish Muslim association has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20150612/new-ramadan-rules-to-help-nordic-muslims-in-midnight-sun Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:52:15 +0200 new-ramadan-rules-to-help-nordic-muslims-in-midnight-sun A fortnight after the Paris attacks, Asim Mehmood, 31, who is a Muslim and an entrepreneur in Umeå, northern Sweden, says he's feeling increasingly afraid about growing Islamophobia in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150120/something-is-going-wrong-in-sweden Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:04:00 +0100 something-is-going-wrong-in-sweden Mohammed Fazlhashemi, Professor of Islamic theology and philosophy at Sweden's Uppsala University tells The Local that Muslims should fear counter attacks in other European nations. https://www.thelocal.se/20150108/we-may-see-reprisal-attacks-in-sweden Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:20:00 +0100 we-may-see-reprisal-attacks-in-sweden Swedish police cannot rule out the possibility that an accident rather than arson was the cause of a fire at a mosque on Christmas Day - one of three fires at mosques across the country in the space of a week. https://www.thelocal.se/20150105/accident-could-have-caused-mosque-fire Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:36:00 +0100 accident-could-have-caused-mosque-fire Omar Mustafa, President of Sweden's Islamic Association, speaks to The Local about the recent spate of mosque attacks and the rise of Islamophobia across Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150102/swedens-islamophobia-is-getting-stronger Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +0100 swedens-islamophobia-is-getting-stronger Why can a Moderate get away with supporting Muslim polygamy, while the Social Democrats get accused of playing the religion card when promoting a Muslim within the party. A new report about Sweden's Muslim voters prompts more questions than it answers. https://www.thelocal.se/20140130/who-represents-swedens-muslim-voters-politics-islam Thu, 30 Jan 2014 08:52:00 +0100 who-represents-swedens-muslim-voters-politics-islam In the first of a series of interviews with religious converts in Sweden, The Local speaks with Jenny, 20, about choosing Islam, feeling like a coward, and why she didn't invite her parents to the most important event of her life. https://www.thelocal.se/20140124/teen-muslim-convert-defies-atheist-parents Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:20:00 +0100 teen-muslim-convert-defies-atheist-parents In the wake of several high-profile incidents, Muslim groups in Sweden plan to carry out a comprehensive survey of threats facing the country's mosques. https://www.thelocal.se/20140120/new-survey-to-assess-threats-to-swedens-mosques Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:47:00 +0100 new-survey-to-assess-threats-to-swedens-mosques