A researcher ofĀ inter-religious relations from Lund University has asseverated that Islamists, including those from the Muslim Brotherhood, have attempted to permeate Swedish politics since the 1980s.
Source: Islamists have attempted to infiltrate Swedish politics since the 1980s, researcher warns
A researcher ofĀ inter-religious relations from Lund University has asseverated that Islamists, including those from the Muslim Brotherhood, have attempted to permeate Swedish politics since the 1980s.
This gives cause for concern that Swedish parties are giving up their ideology for the sake of votes and is a betrayal of their own basic values.
The report by Sameh Egyptson, a researcher ofĀ inter-religious relations atĀ Lund University,Ā publishedĀ by the Expressen tabloid daily reveals that the Islamists negotiated in the 1980s for voting with Swedish political parties.
Egyptson cites an obscure 2001 report in Arabic by the Swedish Muslim Council (SMR), which highlights the collaboration between SMR and IFIS to ācooperate withĀ Swedish parties toĀ educate political cadres and fight forĀ Muslim rights throughĀ these partiesā.
Egyptson explained that āinfiltrationā was not his personal interpretation but the exact word, verbatim, used inĀ an article forĀ Tunis News by former chairman ofĀ the Swedish Islamic Federation (IFIS) and current head ofĀ Stockholm Mosque, Mahmoud Khalfi. Egyptson asserts:
āFor us who come fromĀ the Middle East this is not a surprise. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood managed toĀ infiltrate two ofĀ the three parties inheriting [Gamal Abdel] Nasserās Socialist Party, both the Liberals and the Social Democrats. Both parties disappeared fromĀ the political map.
āIt is important that Swedish parties now investigate the infiltration ofĀ Islamists and return toĀ their ideological foundations. For the parties keep losing confidence withĀ each new disclosure. Itās time toĀ investigate the matter now, beforeĀ itās lateā.
The Muslim Brotherhood (at times also referred toĀ as the Society ofĀ the Muslim Brothers) is an extremist organisation banned inĀ Russia.
