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According to Saudi Wahabism, women should be subjugated to men,
and homosexuality is regarded as completely unthinkable.
A few years ago, two men were sentenced to 7000 lashes for their "homosexual acts".
Principal al-Daoudi doesn't describe himself as a Wahabi,
but he wants to live according to Sharia to the extent this is possible in Sweden.
What if a pupil turned out to be gay in your school? How would you react?
That's up to the pupil and their parents and the pupil's culture...
Would they be allowed to stay? - Yes, of course.
But we don't have it. It doesn't happen among Muslims. It doesn't exist.
There are no homosexuals among Muslims? - No.
A true Muslim doesn't do that. - A true Muslim can't be gay? -- No, no.
No, they're not like that. - Are you serious? -- I haven't seen it.
I haven't seen it. Ever.
From the School Inspection's perspective, this statement can't pass by without a reaction from us.
Why not?
The stated values of our education system include the equality of all as the basis for our education and society in general.
The independent school Alsalam receives financial support from Saudi Arabia,
and radio journalist Karwan Tahir has met the Saudi sheik who invests in the school and presides over the foundation behind it.
I don't think an investor pumps money into something without expecting the organisation to follow his own values or ideology.
It may tie one to a certain interpretation or denomination of, for example, Islam.
That could present a problem, but I don't know if that's the case here.
Could something like this lead to an inspection of the school?
When things like this emerge, we always need to discuss the matter and decide how serious it is.