Islamophobia Report — Sweden for CERD: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Research and policy report · Published (2025)

Complete citation

Adrian Groglopo and Emin Poljarević. Islamophobia Report — Sweden for CERD: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 2025.

Publication status and type

Published (2025); research and policy report.

Overview

This research and policy report examines Islamophobia in Sweden and its implications for racial discrimination, institutional responsibility, and the civic participation of Muslim communities. It situates its subject within relevant historical, social, and intellectual contexts while connecting the particular case to wider questions of interpretation, institutional life, and collective action. The publication considers how concepts, actors, traditions, or political conditions acquire significance within changing social settings. Its scholarly contribution lies in placing a clearly defined research problem in a broader interdisciplinary conversation. Read alongside related publications, it also illuminates enduring questions about religion, political inquiry, ethical reasoning, social transformation, and the circumstances under which knowledge, belonging, and collective agency take shape in public life.

Research question or central concern

How can Islamophobia in Sweden and its implications for racial discrimination, institutional responsibility, and the civic participation of Muslim communities be understood in context?

Main argument, approach, and contribution

A context-sensitive scholarly examination of Islamophobia in Sweden and its implications for racial discrimination, institutional responsibility, and the civic participation of Muslim communities.

Keywords

Islamophobia; Sweden; CERD; racial discrimination; Muslim civil society; human rights.