Islamic Association in Sweden

The Islamic Association in Sweden, (Arabic: الرابطة الأسلامية في السويد) (Swedish: Islamiska förbundet i Sverige, IFiS) was formed in 1987 by the Stockholm organisation Islamiska Förbundet i Stockholm, which runs Stockholm mosque.[1] IFiS headquarters are located at Stockholm Mosque.[2] According to the IFiS charter, it is a founding member in the Muslim Brotherhood-associated umbrella organisation Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe whose guidelines it follows.[2][3] It has started the following organisations, either alone or together with others:[4]

Omar Mustafa is chairman of IFiS since 2011. On 7 April 2013 he was elected to the party committee of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, which was noted by anti-racist magazine Expo as Mustafa, as chairman of IFiS, had invited Salah Sultan and Ragheb Al-Serjany both of whom had spread antisemitic views in al Jazeera interviews and that he also "likes" Egyptian imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi on Facebook.[5] During the Easter of 2013, IFiS invited Yvonne Ridley and Azzam Tamimi to a seminar to a conference it organised together with Ibn Rushd and Sveriges Unga Muslimer.[5] As a result of the discoveries, Mustafa left the Social Democratic Party committee and party.

IFiS organization chart

IFiS is an umbrella organization.[6]

Federation of Islamic
Organizations in Europe
(FIOE)
IFiS
Muslim Council of SwedenStockholm mosqueGothenburg MosqueIslamic ReliefSveriges Unga MuslimerIbn Rushd

See also

References
  1. "IFiS Historia". 8 June 2007. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. Carlbom, Aje (2017). Islamisk aktivism i en mångkulturell kontext – ideologisk kontinuitet eller förändring? (PDF). Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) & Malmö University. pp. 24, 27, 28. ISBN 978-91-7383-810-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2018.
  3. "Förbundsstadgar 2012-06-10, page 1" (PDF). 10 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. Radio, Sveriges. "De får representera Sveriges muslimer i medier - Medierna". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  5. "Kritiserad socialdemokrat valdes in i partistyrelsen". Expo.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  6. Carlbom, Aje (2017). Islamisk aktivism i en mångkulturell kontext – ideologisk kontinuitet eller förändring? (PDF). Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) & Malmö University. pp. 24, 27, 28. ISBN 978-91-7383-810-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2018.
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