SD leader Jimmie Åkesson has stated that he finds it difficult to see how an actively practicing Muslim can simultaneously be Swedish. He made the remarks in a new documentary on SVT Play. Åkesson was responding to Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson's statement about a "blue-yellow" Islam.
Mohamsson has described her vision of a "blue-yellow Islam" as Swedish Muslims being able to celebrate Eid with family and friends, follow the latest Arabic or Turkish soap operas during Ramadan, and be part of the Swedish value community. Åkesson argued against using the term, saying there is an inherent contradiction because Muslims do not separate the worldly and the spiritual, with Islam coming first. He explained that if one is Muslim and thus puts Islam before everything else, and it should govern both one's own life and all other individuals' lives, as well as society and laws, then he has difficulty seeing that person also as Swedish.
I find it difficult to see how an actively practicing Muslim can simultaneously be Swedish.
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If one is Muslim and thus puts Islam before everything else, and it should govern both one's own life and all other individuals' lives, as well as society and laws, then I have difficulty seeing that person also as Swedish.