As Iftar - the daily breaking of the fast during the Muslim month of Ramadan - is quickly approaching, Swedish society is reflecting on how to adapt to the traditions of “new Swedes”, and are making their own efforts to celebrate and mark Muslim holidays.
The second largest Swedish daily newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet , has launched a Ramadan blog [SWE], where three practising Muslim bloggers - a policeman, a student, and a lawyer - reflect on everyday life throughout the Holy Month. Subjects span the high and low in an attempt to portray what it means to be Muslim in Swedish society today.
The bloggers usually write in their own group blog, Betraktarens Öga : “In the Eye of the Beholder”.
The relationship between Islam and Swedish society is not without tensions. It's arguable that Muslim celebrations in Sweden did not emanate from the tolerance many Swedes like to pride themselves on, but rather for commercial reasons. Big food chains now mar...
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