Swedish official faces probe for Islamophobic remark Vice mayor of southern town linked Islamic call to prayer to terrorist suicide bombings

(Anadolu) Prosecutors are investigating a top city official in southern Sweden over Islamophobic remarks.

Christopher Larsson, vice mayor of the southern coastal city of Karlskrona, is accused of committing a hate crime in a social media posting last year.

On Facebook, arguing that Karlskrona should not allow the adhan, or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast over speakers, Larsson wrote: “Allahuakber will echo through the skies of Karlskrona in the same way Islamists shout it when blowing themselves up.”

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