- To some extent. But most politicians, journalists and others avoid addressing these matters. At work, among neighbors and in other everyday situations however, ethnic Swedes talk a lot about the situation over here.
Many native Swedes share a negative attitude towards traditional features of Islam, while many of us, simultaneously, seem to believe we can “educate” Muslims into becoming 21st century human beings.
In any case, there are definitely different kinds of Muslims in Sweden;
- Secularized ones who wish to have nothing to do with Islam
(around 15% or more of all Muslims, mostly Westernized Iranians)
- Moderate Muslims who interpret Islam as a religion, not a political movement and believe you can be “both Swedish and Muslim” (the vast majority of them, say 65% or something like that).
- Islamists, mostly Somalis under the influence of Saudi Arabia sponsored imams, people who refuse to mix with “infidels” (something like 20% of all Muslims living in Sweden today).