According to Expressen, the subject of the imam's sermon was "disobedient women" and concerned what the women's husbands have the right to do to discipline them.
When the newspaper talks to the imam a few weeks later, he says that his words have been taken out of context and that he felt time pressure during the sermon.
I have my eyes on the clock, so sometimes I lose focus, he says.
Minister for Education and Integration Simona Mohamsson (The Liberals) reacts to the imam's sermon.
We have fought hard for women's rights and equality in our community of values. If you do not want to be part of that community of values, then Sweden may not be a country for them, she says to Expressen.
Social Minister Jakob Forssmed (The Christians Democrats) calls the sermon "terrible and completely unacceptable" in a post on X and says that he has been in contact with the responsible authority which "must promptly investigate whether any government grant has been paid to the mosque in question”.
If this has been the case, the Agency for Support to Faith Communities (SST) will initiate an investigation based on the new so-called democracy requirements, according to Forssmed.
