In 2003, the organisation received a grant of 400 000 SEK from the Swedish
Inheritance Fund for a project on
Islamophobia as form of racism.[8]
In 2010, the organisation invited Abdullah Hakim Quick to its annual conference, which was criticised by the
Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) in a public debate because of his homophobic views. SUM claimed they did not know his opinions on homosexuality. SUM later cancelled the invitation.[9]
In 2011 SUM invited
Yvonne Ridley to a seminar in
Tensta.[10] She was invited again in 2013 to Muslimska Familjedagarna (translation: "Muslim family days"), an event organised by SUM, Islamic Association in Sweden and Ibn Rushd study company other Muslim community organisation, which was noted by anti-fascist magazine
Expo due to Ridley's
antisemitic views.[10][11]
In 2016 SUM criticised that
Mehmet Kaplan, a former chairman of SUM who later joined and rose in the ranks of the
Green Party, had been forced to resign from his position as
Minister for Housing and Urban Development after his connections to Turkish extremists and nationalists were made public.[2]
In the spring of 2016, chairman Rashid Musa criticised the stricter
anti-terrorism legislation in then coming into force in Sweden and alleged the legislation discriminated against
Muslims in Sweden.[12]
The organisation received
state aid from the
Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Swedish acronym: MUCF) in the years 2011-2015.[13] SUM had to pay back the government funds for 2016 and 2017 due to the organisation failing to respect the ideals of
democracy.[14][15] A report outlined how sympathisers and activists for extremist movements had leading positions of local chapters of SUM.[14][16]
Mångkulturella Ungdoms Center (MKUC) (translation: "
multicultural youth centre") has its address at the
Bellevue Mosque in
Gothenburg. During a criminal investigation against a member of MKUC leadership, police found videos promoting violent jihadism in the computers of the MKUC office.[18]
Eskilstuna Unga Muslimer two members of the leadership, Karzan Fares and Diary Mohammed travelled to Syria in November 2015 where they joined a jihadist group loyal to
al-Qaeda.[19] One of them posted pictures of jihadist
Anwar al-Awlaki in social media.[19] In August 2016 Karzan Fares was reported as killed in Syria.[19]
^Larsson, Göran (2014). Islam och muslimer i Sverige : en kunskapsöversikt. Sverige. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. Bromma: Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. p. 81.
ISBN9789198061161.
OCLC941538793.
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abLarsson, Göran (2014). Islam och muslimer i Sverige : en kunskapsöversikt. Sverige. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. Bromma: Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. p. 93.
ISBN9789198061161.
OCLC941538793.