Sweden's Muslim Brotherhood Debate Serves as Warning to Israel
A report published in August 2026 by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism maps the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sweden. The report characterizes the organization as a non-violent entity that challenges Swedish democracy, despite not being classified as a terror group. It details how the Muslim Brotherhood operates through a network of Muslim organizations, leveraging government funding, institutional access, and public discourse to promote social segregation within Muslim communities and establish separate educational and cultural frameworks, often using human rights, pluralism, and multiculturalism as a guise.
Further analysis comes from a 2018 article by Swedish journalist Per Gudmundsson, which has resurfaced on social media. Gudmundsson alleged a long-term political collaboration between Sweden's Social Democratic Party and organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to his article, these Muslim organizations supported the Social Democrats in the 1994 elections and subsequently worked to increase Muslim representation within the party and expand Muslim membership in various councils. Gudmundsson claimed that networks connected to the Muslim Brotherhood operated through various Swedish organizations and established ties with several other political parties, including the Centre Party, the Greens, and the Moderate Party, receiving significant government funding and potentially influencing election outcomes.
A 2023 doctoral dissertation from Lund University by Dr. Samer Ejazpetson unequivocally states that the Islamic Association of Sweden, founded in 1995, is deeply involved with the global Muslim Brotherhood network and serves as its Swedish branch. In anticipation of Sweden's general elections on September 13, 2026, Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, announced his party would push for legislation to create a national terror list, explicitly including the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, as part of a broader fight against political Islam and rising antisemitism.
As of the article's writing, the Swedish general election results are extremely close, with a slight edge for the center-left bloc over the incumbent right-wing bloc, though internal disagreements within the left may hinder coalition formation. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is open to cooperating with the right-wing Sweden Democrats and adopting a stricter immigration policy. The author suggests that the developments in Sweden should serve as a warning to Israel, urging a similar legislative approach to outlaw parties and movements supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and to remove associated figures from Israeli public institutions.
