{"id":172533,"date":"2026-06-18T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=172533"},"modified":"2026-06-19T08:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T06:28:12","slug":"regeringen-tillsatter-utredning-om-politisk-islam-ska-kartlaggas-och-stoppas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/the-government-has-appointed-a-commission-to-investigate-political-islam-with-the-aim-of-identifying-and-stopping-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Launches Inquiry into Political Islam: \u201dIt Must Be Identified and Stopped\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The parties in the coalition want to scrutinize Islamist networks. The government is now launching a new inquiry to map political Islam and Islamism in Sweden\u2014and to examine how the movement affects democracy, government agencies, and civil society.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sg-ai-highlighted-block wp-block-paragraph\">The government is launching an inquiry into the threat posed by political Islam and Islamism to Swedish democracy. The announcement comes in a joint op-ed in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftonbladet.se\/debatt\/a\/3pmygM\/politisk-islam-och-islamism-hor-inte-hemma-i-sverige\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aftonbladet<\/a><\/em> from the Minister of Education and Integration <strong>Simona Mohamsson (<\/strong>L), <strong>Kristina Ax\u00e9n Olin<\/strong> (M), <strong>Richard Jomsho<\/strong>f (SD) and <strong>Hans Eklind <\/strong>(KD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the panelists, the problem is not limited to extremists who advocate violence. They argue that Islamist actors can also operate through associations, educational organizations, schools, and other organizations with the aim of influencing society in a religious direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThat is why the government is now launching an inquiry into the threat posed by political Islam and Islamism to Swedish democracy.\u201d<\/em>, the four representatives write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Will assess infiltration and impact<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the government, the inquiry is to assess the prevalence of political Islam in Sweden and analyze the consequences of Islamist infiltration and undue influence on societal institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an example, the commentators cite the so-called LVU campaign, in which allegations about Swedish authorities were spread internationally. They also point to organizations with ties to anti-democratic circles and Islamist opinion leaders who have called for a boycott of democratic elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aims to combat parallel societies<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Tid\u00f6 parties, the inquiry is ultimately about defending the principle of a shared society where the same laws apply to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dPoliticians must never allow parallel societies to be created in our country or for Swedish law to be set aside in certain areas or for certain groups,\u201d,<\/em> the politicians write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation will now provide a comprehensive overview of the extent and influence of Islamism in Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is launching a new investigation into political Islam. The focus is on mapping Islamist networks, infiltration, and influence in Sweden<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":148295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[284,1885,185],"class_list":["post-172533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-islam","tag-islamism","tag-sverige"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}