Posts Tagged: Sweden
Swedish Government Says Stockholm Mosque Used by Iran for Spying
Sweden's government on Monday accused a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Stockholm of being a platform for Iranian spying against Sweden and the Iranian diaspora. Sweden's Minister for Social Affairs said on X that the Swedish Security...
Sweden Ends Funding for UNRWA, Pledges to Seek Other Aid Channels
i24 News - Sweden will no longer fund the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other...
Jews in Europe ‘More Frightened Than Ever Before’ Amid Surging Antisemitism, New Survey Finds
A striking 96 percent of Jews in Europe had encountered antisemitism in their daily lives even before the historic surge in anti-Jewish hate crimes that...
Antisemitic Gang Attacks Participants of Pride Parade in Sweden Wearing Stars of David
Attendees of an LGBTQ+ pride event in Malmö, Sweden wearing Stars of David were attacked by an antisemitic and homophobic gang that hurled insults at...
Khamenei: Quran Burners ‘Should Be Handed Over for Prosecution’
i24 News - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that persons desecrating the Koran should face the "most severe punishment" and demanded...
Protests in Stockholm, including Koran-Burning, Draw Strong Condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions...
Iran Arrests a Swedish Citizen on Espionage Charges – IRNA
Iran's intelligence ministry said on Saturday that it had arrested a Swedish citizen on espionage charges, the official IRNA news agency reported, without naming the...
Sweden Allocates $1.1 Million for Creation of Country’s First Holocaust Museum
i24 News - The Swedish government has allocated $1.1 million to an organization tasked with opening the country's first Holocaust museum. The Culture Ministry said last...
Sweden Is a Perplexing Location for an International Antisemitism Conference
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has announced that his country will host an international antisemitism conference to commemorate the Holocaust. This gathering of heads of...
Malmö 2020: World Leaders Against Antisemitism
JNS.org - In October 2020, Sweden will host an international summit to combat antisemitism. When Stefan Löfven, the Swedish prime minister, announced the parley last...
Jewish Woman Critically Wounded in Sweden Stabbing Attack
A Jewish woman was critically wounded in a stabbing attack in a Swedish city on Tuesday morning. According to Swedish news site The Local, the woman...
World Jewish Congress Calls for Ban of Neo-Nazis Who Marched in Two Swedish Towns
A major Jewish group called on Sweden to ban an openly neo-Nazi organization that held demonstrations on Wednesday, and to increase protection for the local...
Report: European, Arab Foreign Ministers to Meet in Dublin With Palestinian Officials to Discuss Trump Peace Plan
Foreign ministers from a number of Arab and European countries will meet with Palestinian officials in Dublin next week to discuss how to respond to...
Sweden’s Antisemitism Problem
Jews in Sweden account for less than 0.2% of the population, but issues concerning them vary between negative and highly negative. The naive observer may...
