The Islamic Association in Sweden (

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: الرابطة الأسلامية في السويد; Swedish: ''Islamiska förbundet i Sverige, IFiS'') was formed according to the records of the Swedish Tax Agency, the protocol of the constituent meeting of The Islamic Association in Sweden (IFiS) on January 27–28, 1995 in the presence of Ahmed Ghanem, Mostafa Kharraki, Mahmoud Aldebe, Zoheir Berrahmoune, Mahmoud Kalim and Sami al-Sarif. The initiator is the Stockholm organisation ''Islamiska Förbundet i Stockholm'', which runs

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and was found 1987. IFiS headquarters are located at Stockholm Mosque. According to the IFiS charter, it is a founding member in the

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-associated umbrella organisation Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe whose guidelines it follows. It has started the following organisations, either alone or together with others: *

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in Sweden * Muslim Youth of Sweden * '' Islamiska informationsföreningen'' (IIF) (tr: Islamic information society) *Union of Muslim Students in Sweden (Al Khawarizmy), *Imam's Association *Sweden's Islamic Schools (SIS) *Muslim Woman Association *Sweden's Muslim Scouts *New Moon Cultural Association *Quran Reader Society *Ibn Rushd Study Association *Muslim Council of Sweden (SMR)

Omar Mustafa Omar Mustafa (born 23 March 1985) is a Swedish politician of Syrian descent and leader of the Islamic organisation in Sweden. He was a politician for the Social Democrat Party for AStockholm between 7 and 13 May 2014. In 2007 he was chairman of ...

is chairman of IFiS since 2011. On 7 April 2013 he was elected to the party committee of the

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, which was noted by anti-racist magazine

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as Mustafa, as chairman of IFiS, had invited Salah Sultan and Ragheb Al-Serjany both of whom had spread antisemitic views in

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interviews and that he also "likes" Egyptian imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi on Facebook. During the Easter of 2013, IFiS invited

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and

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to a seminar to a conference it organised together with Ibn Rushd and

Sveriges Unga Muslimer Sveriges Unga Muslimer (SUM), previously named ''Sveriges Muslimska Ungdomsförbund (SMUF)'', is an Islamic youth umbrella organisation in Sweden. The organisation was formed in 1991. SUM itself a member organisation of the following umbrella org ...

. As a result of the discoveries, Mustafa left the Social Democratic Party

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and party.

IFiS organization chart

IFiS is an umbrella organization. {{chart/end

References

__FORCETOC__ Islamic organizations based in Sweden

IFiS organization chart

See also

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