The city with 20 year waiting lists for rental homes
Source: BBC By Maddy Savage 18 May 2016 There’s a hidden reason so many Stockholm renters go for Nordic minimalist interiors. In a capital gripped by an acute housing shortage, […]
HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY INAUGURATES NEW MOSQUE IN SWEDEN
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community inaugurates Mahmood Mosque in Malmo. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 13 May 2016, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad inaugurated the Mahmood Mosque in Malmo, Sweden. It […]
Copenhagen bar owners call for government to tackle Muslim ‘Sharia patrols’
Source: International Business Times By Tom Porter A group of bar owners from a Copenhagen suburb claim they are being harassed by local Muslim youth activists from immigrant backgrounds attempting to impose a ‘Sharia zone’, and have appealed to the government for help. Bar owners in the Nørrebro suburb claim they […]
Swedish Greens jolted by claims of Islamist infiltration
Source: Associated Press By KARL RITTER STOCKHOLM (AP) — One refused to shake hands with a female journalist. Another compared Israel to Nazi Germany. A third was seen doing hand […]
Politician quits after refusing to shake women’s hands
Yasri Khan. Photo: Marc Femenia/SCANPIX Published: 20 Apr 2016 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. Yasri Khan is the second […]
Gothenburg’s refugee youths: ‘Come and meet us – nobody is here to be violent’
Refuge cities: The sympathy of last autumn towards asylum-seeking minors in the Gothenburg suburb of Mölndal has been drowned out by anger and suspicion – but the city is working […]
Assange tells UK, Sweden to let him go after UN finding
By AFP – Feb 06,2016 – JORDAN TIMES WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holding the UN report, speaks on the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Friday (AP photo) LONDON […]
Sweden masked gang ‘targeted migrants’ in Stockholm
Source: BBC Up to 100 masked men, dressed in black, gathered in central Stockholm to attack people from immigrant backgrounds, reports say. Swedish police say the large gang distributed leaflets […]
Swedish Feminists Thread Needle Between Sexism and Racism in Migrant Controversy
Source: Time A scandal over alleged sexual assaults by migrants puts Sweden—renowned for its gender equality and its liberality—in a difficult place Even as Germany has grappled with a scandalover […]
Is this the sweet secret to Swedish success?
Source: BBC In Sweden, it’s obligatory to eat coffee and cake. No, really. At many companies it’s mandatory for all workers, from Malmo to Stockholm, to have a designated time […]
Where new dads are encouraged to take months off work
Source: BBC In some countries the idea of paternity leave – when a father takes time off work to stay at home with a new child – has yet to […]
Sweden begins border ID controls to halt refugee influx
Sweden has begun ID controls as part of the government’s efforts to limit the number of refugees entering the country. Everyone entering Sweden from midnight on Sunday by bus, train or ferry from Denmark will be checked and those lacking valid ID documents will be turned back. Sweden, which until […]
Sweden’s Real Lessons: It’s Not Only All Welfare and Social Justice
By Munir Varraich, Sweden The year 2015 has come to a close with so many of the beastly memories buried in its bosom. Mankind is stepping into the New Year […]
Five reasons why the majority of refugees reaching Europe are men
Global Citizen: by Anna Strindberg — I come from a very, very tiny village in the Southern part of Sweden. About 14% of the population around my village voted for a party with right wing and xenophobic roots last time there was an election, to mine and many people’s dismay. […]
Tarabband presents Arab music from Sweden, gives voice to victims of war
Tarabband presents Arab music from Sweden, gives voice to victims of war By Muath Freij – Jul 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Members of the Tarabband group seek to present a mixture of Arab and Western music to a Western audience (Photo courtesy of Tarabband) AMMAN –– After stopping briefly in Jordan […]
The Journey: Syrian refugee Hashem Alsouki risks his life crossing the Mediterranean, his sights set on Sweden – and freedom for his family
Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent THE GUARDIAN 9 June 2015 In the darkness far out to sea, Hashem Alsouki can’t see his neighbours but he can hear them scream. It’s partly his fault. They are two African women – perhaps from Somalia, but now is not the time to ask – […]
From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish parliamentarian
WAR & CONFLICT From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish parliamentarian Arhe Hamednaca is a member of Sweden’s parliament, but his commitment to social justice began as a child fighter. Fatma Naib | 27 May 2015 10:10 GMT | Arhe Hamednaca with a group of Palestinian youth in Tulkarm, the West Bank […]
Why was a 9th century Viking woman buried with a ring that says ‘for Allah’ on it?
Washington Post: In the modern-era, Scandinavian countries have become known for their sometimes awkward embrace of migrants from the Arab and Muslim world. But the history behind that relationship goes back far […]
Swedish politician Shadiye Heydari visits His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad in London
Source: Press Release On 7 March 2015, Mrs Shadiye Heydari, Member of Sweden’s National Parliament (Sveriges Riksdag), visited the Fazl Mosque in London where she was granted an audience with […]
Robert Fisk: The curious tale of the Swedish Soviet spy and the sheltering Druze ‘We’ll never forget your support for the cause of the Soviet people and our common struggle against imperialism’
More than 20 years ago, Walid Jumblatt, the Lebanese Druze leader, admitted to a Swedish diplomat that he hid a Soviet spy – a Swedish intelligence officer – near his […]