"They come back as martyrs"

- They were captured by the Swedes and revealed, but in the end you couldn't do anything, and now it's free.

Abd al Haqq Kielan is an imam at the large mosque in Eskilstuna and one of Sweden's most famous Muslim representatives. He has no contact with the Gävleimam or others in the radical Islamist environment, but encountered several of them a few years ago when they tried to take over his mosque.

Now he points out that the release is badly timed at a time when many are warning that the terrorist organization IS may be on the verge of making a comeback.

- We have been fighting hard against extremism for many years. But we can't count on community support to really deal with this. Without making a small selection, it is a little inconvenient and then they can come back and continue to spread their message.

A total of six people were taken into custody pursuant to the Special Aliens Control Act (LSU) during the Säpo offensive this spring. The government has decided that they should be expelled because they pose a security threat, but at present it is not possible because they are threatened in their home countries.

Three of them are imams, operating in Gävle, Västerås and Umeå. The Gävlei mother has been described by the terrorist expert Magnus Ranstorp as a leading figure in the radical Islamist environment that works with both radicalization and the recruitment and financing of extremism. He is now welcomed back to his congregation.

- We are looking at the release of course, of course. He is back now in the mosque in his role as an imam, it feels great, says Nizam Hindi, spokesperson for Gävle mosque, to TT.

How do you see that four agencies (Säpo, the Migration Board, the Migration Supreme Court and the government) assessed him as a security threat to the country?

- We think the allegations are baseless and are based on incorrect judgments, says Hindi.

Why don't you trust the authorities' assessments?

- There are obviously erroneous judgments all over. They are based on misunderstandings and incorrect information. Untrustworthy sources above all, claims Nizam Hindi.

Abd al Haqq Kielan sees an increased risk of radicalization, especially among young people, when the Imams return.

- There are many that can be utilized. Young people who find that they are discriminated against, who have ended up outside, who live in marginalized housing areas - where they have a recruitment base and they will use it now.

At the same time, his view of what society can do to prevent this is bleak.

- If you have taken all the weapons you can - you have arrested them, you have investigated them, you have established that they are very dangerous - but you still have to release them. What else to do then?

He is also concerned that the release could attract more violent extremists to Sweden.

- In a way, you open the gates to other like-minded people. If you are going somewhere in Europe, Sweden appears to be a good alternative. The message is a little that "the table is set".

Several of the repositories' attitude towards the accusations that Säpo made against them is that they are not correct.

"He believes that through the investigation he has presented himself, he has proven that it is exactly the opposite of what the Security Police claims," ​​says Alparslan Tügel, Gävleimamens legal representative.

The attorneys have criticized the deportation process, which they did not consider legally safe, partly because parts of the evidence are secret. And there are thoughts of appealing to the European Court of Justice.

-It is about the shortcomings that exist in Swedish legislation and the process that is applied in these cases. Above all, things are about the evidence, to what extent the individual and the courts are allowed to take part of the evidence that the Security Police state they have, says Alparslan Tügel.