Opinion polls have shown that the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) is growing in popularity in the Scandinavian country.
.... Immediately after their electoral win in 2010, the SD started working on imposing a moratorium on building new mosques in the Scandinavian country.
The party, whose manifesto describes Muslims as “seriously jeopardizing the Swedish nation”, has also sought a ban on face-veil and halting immigration from predominantly Muslim countries.
It opposes a panel recommendation that all major religions should be given equal time in lesson plans, saying Christianity should maintain a special status.
Muslims make up some 200,000 of the country's 9.5 million population, according to semi-official estimates.
But leaders of the Muslim minority put the number at 400,000. [OnIslam.net] Read more
