(Local) A local council controlled by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats has banned praying during work hours in its schools, old people’s homes and council offices.
Council politicians in Bromölla, on Skåne’s north-eastern coast, voted through the new guidelines for municipality workplaces last week.
“In the regulation we have cut out everything which could be interpreted as saying that you can take time off to pray during work time,” Eric Berntsson, mayor and chairman of the local Sweden Democrats, told the Local.
“Both we and the Moderates and the Christian Democrats thought that the regulations should be more precise.”
