(Middle East Eye) Samsam Ahmad’s children, eight and 12, were inconsolable. They had just found out that their school in the Swedish capital Stockholm was closed down, leaving their mother at a loss of how to explain why they would no longer be with their friends in the new school year.
In July, Ahmad, like other Muslim parents, was notified in writing by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate that Al-Azhar private Islamic school would be closed down due to “mismanagement.”
“We were only given one month’s notice … but I wasn’t given further details. Islamic teaching made up five percent of the school’s curriculum,” Ahmad told Middle East Eye over the phone.
