Muslim Council of Sweden

Muslim Council of Sweden
Sveriges muslimska råd
AbbreviationSMR
Formation1990 (1990)
Chairperson
Helena Benaouda

The Muslim Council of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges muslimska råd, SMR) was an umbrella organisation of Islamic organisations in Sweden. It was founded in 1990 by representatives of the United Islamic Parishes in Sweden (Swedish: Förenade islamiska församlingar i Sverige, FIFS) and the Muslim Association of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges Muslimska Förbund, SMuF). The current chairperson of the organisation is Helena Benaouda, who succeeded Mostafa Kharraki.

According to islamologist Sameh Egyptson at Lund University, Swedish social anthropologist Aje Carlbom, and parliamentarian Abderisak Aden (founder of the Islamic Democratic Institute (Islamiska demokratiska institutet)), at least some of the leading members of SMR support Islamist ideologies and are influenced by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

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