ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT

EUROPEAN ISLAMOPHOBIA REPORT 2015
Göran Larsson, Dr., Professor in Religious Studies, Gothenburg University.
While Larsson's research is focused primarily on Islam and Muslims in Europe, he
has also written about Islamic theology, Quranic studies and issues related to religion
and the media. In addition to his academic work he was also secretary to the Ministry
of Education's 2008-2009 inquiry into the training of Imams in Sweden. Larsson's
most recent publications are the edited volume, Muslims and the New Information
and Communication Technologies: Notes from an Emerging Field, published by
Springer in 2013 (edited together with Thomas Hoffmann) and Muslims and the
New Media: Historical and Contemporary Debates, published by Ashgate in 2011.
He has also collaborated with professor Åke Sander on the publication Islam and
Muslims in Sweden: Integration or Fragmentation? A Contextual Study, published
by Verlag in 2007. goran.larsson@religion.gu.se
Disclaimer: Statements of fact and opinion in the national reports of the European
Islamophobia Report are those of the respective authors. They are not the expression
of the editors or the funding institutions. No representation, either expressed or implied,
is made of the accuracy of the material in the national reports. The editors of
the European Islamophobia Report cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability
for any errors or omissions that may be made. The reader must make his or her own
evaluation of the accuracy and appropriateness of those materials.
To cite this report: Aroma Abrashi, Åke Sander, Göran Larsson (2016): Islamophobia in Sweden: National
Report 2015, in: Enes Bayraklı & Farid Hafez, European Islamophobia Report 2015, Istanbul, SETA, 2016.
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