“Muslims cannot live loyally in a secular European country.”
Short answer
Islamic scholarship on Muslim minority life generally holds that Muslims should honor the laws and agreements of the country they live in, and millions of Muslims across Europe, including several hundred thousand in Sweden, do so as ordinary, law-abiding citizens.
This claim assumes a fundamental conflict between Islamic teaching and life in a secular democracy. Islamic scholarship on Muslim life as a minority generally points the other way: the Qur’an repeatedly emphasizes honoring contracts and agreements, and scholars addressing Muslim minority life in the West generally affirm that Muslims should be loyal, law-abiding citizens of the countries they live in.
The everyday reality bears this out — the overwhelming majority of Europe’s tens of millions of Muslims, including Sweden’s Muslim population, live ordinary lives: working, studying, and participating in civic life like anyone else.
Full explanation: Can Muslims Live Peacefully in Sweden?
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