The Swedish Schools Inspectorate's decision to close Nya Kastet's school in Bomhus is based on the fact that the business is still run by the previous owner through a bullying scheme, and that the Security Police has warned of links between the school and a violent extremist environment.
The chairman of the municipal board in Gävle, Åsa Wiklund Lång (S), wants to see a ban on schools with religious orientations.
- It can not be a human right to run a free school.
It is about the students' right to a quality education, she says.
Nya Kastet's school has announced that they intend to appeal the Swedish Schools Inspectorate's decision and deny the allegations of bullying and links to radical Islamism.