According to Expressen, the subject of the imam's sermon was "disobedient women" and dealt with 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 Christian 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 urgently investigate whether any state subsidy 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.
The Social Democrats' integration policy spokesperson Lawen Redar says in a written comment to TT that it is not the first time that religious communities are being scrutinized in this way.
”The imam's statement incites to criminal acts, control of women and hatred of women. No state or municipal support may be provided to this type of anti-democratic activities”, Redar writes.
