(Jerusalem Post) Over a billion Swedish kronor, or more than $100 million, in taxpayer-backed funds intended to support preschools and schools in Sweden have been siphoned off through an Islamist-affiliated network engaged in welfare fraud, an investigation by the Swedish newspaper Expressen revealed last Wednesday.
This came after police raided an apartment in Gavle, north of Stockholm, where several individuals who were connected to radical and violent Islamist extremism were staying.
In particular, police were searching for Rabie Karam, who is “one of the main actors” in a network of independent Swedish schools linked to recruiting and spreading radical Islam, Expressen noted.
Karam was convicted in 2024 and is wanted in order to serve an eight-month prison sentence, the outlet stated.
