| Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice | |
| Native Name: | Svenska Muslimer för Fred och Rättvisa |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Abbreviation: | SMFR |
| Founder: | Mehmet Kaplan,, among others |
| Purpose: | Peace movement, public education and leadership |
| Headquarters: | Skanstull, Stockholm |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Key People: | Yasri Khan |
Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice (Swedish: Svenska Muslimer för Fred och Rättvisa, SMFR) is a Swedish Muslim self-described peace organization. It was founded in 2008 by a group including the Swedish Parliamentarian Mehmet Kaplan and is today one of the largest peace groups in Sweden It is headed by former Green Party politician Yasri Khan.[1] Kaplan has since been forced to resign from the Swedish Cabinet due to his association with advocates of violent attacks on Armenians and connections to Islamist militants in Turkey.[2] [3]
In the years 2015-2017 SMPJ received state subsidies from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society according to the latter's 2017 annual report.[4]
SMPJ is a supporting organisation to Ship to Gaza Sweden.[5]
The group has been active with educational and leadership programs.[6] It also has some international work[7] [8] in Egypt,[9] [10] Thailand, Palestine etc. They work from a European Muslim perspective and go by the slogan "By Muslims for society".
According to a 2014 report by the government of the United Arab Emirates, in 2010 Tahir Akran of the Islamic Association in Sweden (Arabic: الرابطة الأسلامية في السويد) (Swedish: Islamiska förbundet i Sverige, IFiS), a group listed by the UAE as a terrorist organization, decided to improve the reputation of the Islamic Association by encouraging its members to participate in the SMPJ.[11]