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Taxpayer-funded Swedish schools tied to Islamist extremist welfare fraud — report A Swedish investigation finds over 1 billion kronor in taxpayer-backed preschool and school funds siphoned to an Islamist-linked welfare fraud network.

November 24, 2025 Unlisted Author

(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 […]

Jihadi extremist arrested for at least five rapes in Swedish care home

February 16, 2023 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) A 30-year-old suspected Islamic radical has been arrested in Sweden after allegedly carrying out at least five rapes at a care home while working at the facility last autumn. The man is said to have been employed at the care home, […]

Second Swedish school linked to extremism by security services Sweden’s security service Sapo says children are at risk of being subjected to radicalisation

December 23, 2019 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Sweden’s security service has warned an extremist network has been meeting at a school and says children are at risk of radicalisation. It comes weeks after another school was shut down after it was revealed its staff had included former ISIS […]

Sweden expels imams and associates, citing radicalisation concerns It is not clear that the men will be deported as they risk persecution in their home countries

October 31, 2019 Jack Dutton

(National-UAE) Sweden has decided to expel six detained Muslim extremists from the Scandinavian country who “contribute to Islamist radicalisation and pose threats to the security of the kingdom.” The six men, who are described by the government as central figures in the […]

Sweden to deport Iraqi imam: reports

June 13, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Sweden is to deport three foreigners including an Iraqi imam suspected of playing a central role in an Islamist movement, media reports said Wednesday, quoting the Swedish migration office. Counter-terrorism police arrested Abu Raad, the imam of a mosque in the […]

Prominent Muslim head of free school seized by security police

May 17, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) The chief executive of a largely Muslim free school in Gothenburg has been placed in custody by the Swedish Migration Agency on the orders of the country’s Säpo security police. It follows the arrests of other imams in recent months. He […]

Swedish imam faces death if deported: family claim

April 27, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Local) A controversial imam seized by Swedish authorities risks death if deported to Iraq, his family have claimed. Abu Raad, who works at the al-Rashideen mosque in the city of Gävle, was seized on Wednesday and … placed in a migration detention […]