09 January 2013

'Swedish prayer call debate treats Islam like a static religion'

Ignorant politicians have allowed a vocal minority of the Swedish Muslims who don’t want to adapt to life in a secular and democratic state to dominate the debate about calls to prayer at Sweden's mosques, argues contributor Nima Gholam Ali Pour.

.... A national debate has sprung up on this topic when it actually should concern the municipalities and their environment departments. It has become a national debate because we still have politicians who do not understand that Sweden is secular and who have bought into the image of a static Islam, the Islam of fundamentalists. [The Local] Read more