The Swedish government continues to close down Islamic academic institutions in a bid to push \u201canti-Islamic rhetoric\u201d and \u201cstop privatization\u201d in education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, the Nordic country\u2019s then-Educational Minister told a press conference that her government had introduced a bill aiming to \u201cprohibit the establishment of so-called independent religious schools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
French authorities are also cracking down on Islamic centers as two Islamic schools have been closed down in France\u2019s southern city of Montpellier last week, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIslamophobia in France is primarily the result of the state, which seeks to establish an \u2018Islam of France\u2019 which removes self-determination from French Muslims to make them \u2018Muslims without Islam\u2019,\u201d according to the European Islamophobia Report released in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only Islamic schools have been targeted by the legislation so far, triggering an outcry from Muslim organizations, researchers, and schools, arguing that the decision to shut down Islamic schools was not based on poor academic results or other teaching shortcomings, but rather had political, anti-Islamic motives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Swedish government continues to close down Islamic academic institutions in a bid to push \u201canti-Islamic rhetoric\u201d and \u201cstop privatization\u201d in education. Earlier this year, the Nordic country\u2019s then-Educational Minister told a press conference that her government had introduced a bill aiming to \u201cprohibit the establishment of so-called independent religious schools.\u201d French authorities are also …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40,1429,209],"class_list":["post-87925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-europe","tag-islamic-schools","tag-islamophobia"],"yoast_head":"\n