As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Arabs in Sweden.
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A terror suspect who says he could be tortured if sent back to Jordan is embarking on a last-ditch attempt to stay in Sweden. Report.
Swedish artist Lars Vilks sparked international controversy last summer when several Swedish newspapers published his drawings portraying the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a so-called roundabout dog. Report.
Rami Abdelrahman is a freelance journalist living in Sweden. Abdelrahman offers more insight on the impact of Iraqi refugees on Swedish society. Interview.
Rami Abdelrahman travels to Jordan and tracks down the first link in the chain of an underground operation involved in the smuggling of Iraqi refugees to Sweden. Report.
The war that tore through Lebanon in the 1980s brought 15,000 Lebanese to Sweden. One result of this is that Swedes are becoming connoisseurs of Middle Eastern cooking – and belly dancing – as Rami Abdelrahman reports. Report.
A leap of faith
Of the 400,000 people in Sweden estimated to be celebrating the end of Ramadan this weekend, around 5,000 are ethnic Swedes who have converted to Islam. Many of these converts are women. Two of them tell Rami Abdelrahman about how they square their faith with society’s expectations.
Den här helgen firar världens muslimer Eid al-Fitr, den stora glädjefest som avslutar den muslimska fastemånaden Ramadan.
Eid al-Fitr firas i upp till tre dagar i en anda av gemenskap, med mycket festmat – sötsaker inte minst – på borden, och man ska dela sin glädje genom att ge av sitt överflöd till de fattiga.
This weekend sees the start of the 3 day Eid al-Fitr festival. A chance for muslims across Sweden and the world to let their hair down after a month of fasting. Rami Abdelrahman filed this report.
Den som söker visum till Sverige eller något av de andra 27 EU länderna som ingår i Schengenområdet kan redan nästa år komma att behöva låta fingeravtrycken bli registrerade och ansiktet fotograferat. Uppgifterna kommer att lagras i en stor central databas, Visa Information System (VIS). Enbart Sverige kommer att ha fotostationer på 95 ambassader och konsulat runt om i världen. Det berättar Mats Karlsson, projektledare för VIS vid Migrationsverket.
Reportrar: Rami Abdel Rahman och Alberico Lecchini
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