Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice
{{Short description|Islamic organization based in Sweden}}
{{Expand Swedish|Svenska muslimer för fred och rättvisa|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice
| formation = {{start date and age|2008|03|16}}
| native_name = Svenska Muslimer för Fred och Rättvisa
| native_name_lang = sv
| logo = Smfrbanner.JPG
| abbreviation = SMFR
| founder = Mehmet Kaplan, {{ill|Barlin Nur|sv}}, 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{{when|date=May 2013}} one of the largest peace groups in Sweden It is headed by former Green Party politician Yasri Khan.{{Cite news|url=http://program.almedalsveckan.info/event/user-view/55328|title=Troende, tro och misstro mot tron - Almedalsveckan|last=Gotland|first=Almedalsveckan - Region|work=Almedalsveckan|access-date=2018-09-01|language=sv}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/svt-nyheter-avslojar-kaplan-har-traffat-islamister-vid-flera-tillfallen|title=SVT Nyheter avslöjar: Kaplan har träffat islamister vid flera tillfällen|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|date=14 April 2016|publisher=Sveriges Television|access-date=14 April 2016|first1=Oskar |last1=Jönsson |first2=Kjell |last2=Lundström}}{{cite news|last1=Henley|first1=John|title=Sweden's housing minister resigns amid 'extremist links' row|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/swedens-housing-minister-resigns-amid-extremist-links-row|access-date=3 May 2016|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2016}}
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.{{Cite book|title=Årsredovisning 2017|publisher=Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor|url=https://www.mucf.se/sites/default/files/publikationer_uploads/mucf_arsredovisning_2017.pdf|year=2018|isbn=978-91-88455-65-9|pages=98}}
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SMPJ is a supporting organisation to Ship to Gaza Sweden.{{Cite web|url=https://shiptogaza.se/sv/st%C3%B6dorganisationer|title=Stödorganisationer|website=shiptogaza.se|language=sv|access-date=2018-09-01}}
The group has been active with educational and leadership programs.{{cite web |url=http://www.eaea.org/news.php?aid=16742&d=2009-04 |title=EAEA - Young Muslims for peace |access-date=2013-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704005228/http://www.eaea.org/news.php?aid=16742&d=2009-04 |archive-date=2013-07-04 }} It also has some international work{{cite web |url=http://www.pluralism.org/events |title=Pluralism Project - Events |website=www.pluralism.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030316183016/http://www.pluralism.org/events/ |archive-date=2003-03-16}} {{cite web |url=http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/11427/nocache/true/a/124197/dictionary/true |title=Hopeful dialogue between East and West |access-date=2013-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504140737/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/11427/nocache/true/a/124197/dictionary/true |archive-date=2014-05-04 }} in Egypt,{{Cite web|url=http://swedalex.wordpress.com/2011/11/|title = November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://iyda.org.eg/swedish-dialogue-for-active-citizenship-report/ |title=IYDA Egyptian Swedish Dialogue for active Citizenship – Report | IYDA |access-date=2013-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701101906/http://iyda.org.eg/swedish-dialogue-for-active-citizenship-report/ |archive-date=2013-07-01 }} 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.{{cite news|title=List of terror groups published by UAE|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/list-of-terror-groups-published-by-uae-1.1413219|access-date=18 April 2016|publisher=Gulf News|date=16 November 2014}}