Muslims are an especially vulnerable group in society and Islamophobia is growing stronger

Alert DateJanuary 25, 2011 Country: Sweden General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Muslims Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Political discourse -parties - orgs Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Newspaper
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Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender Male, Female
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Swedish
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence Yes

The xenophobic, nationalist party the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD) is promoting Islamophobia by describing Muslims as terrorists. In an article published in Dagens Nyheter, January 25, 2011, Jimmie Akesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats argued that the government should tighten the law against Islamist terror and investigate the spread of Islamic attitudes in Swedish society. Sweden Democrats are also campaigning to convince municipalities to deny Muslims the right to build Mosques. The government's has commissioned the state agency, Living History Forum to investigate the increasing Islamophobia in Sweden.

 

Source: Living History Forum, proposals to the government's investigation: "A more effective work against xenophobia and related intolerance" (Dir. 2011:39). http://www.opengov.se/govtrack/dir/2011:39/