Ulf Kristersson writes on Facebook that it is "directly offensive" that the Sweden Democrats via their official Twitter account have chosen to spread the Sweden Democrats' derogatory comments about Islam.

- Strong criticism of violent Islamism or other forms of fundamentalism is very justified.

But to call the world religion Islam with 1.8 billion practitioners "abominable" is simply abominable, Kristersson writes and adds:

- Muslims in Sweden who affirm our free and open society are an important part of our country.

They are not a problem, but part of the solution.

Criticized Islam in TV debate

On Tuesday evening, Richard Jomshof participated in SVT's debate program Sweden meets.

The topic for the evening was the future of multicultural Sweden.

Richard Jomshof said in the debate that many Muslim societies are characterized by democratic deficits, persecution of people, oppression of women and violence.

- I suffer with the people who are forced to be born in those countries.

Islam is, in my opinion, an abominable ideology and religion, he said.

"Does not even bother with his Islamophobia"

Center leader Annie Lööf is another politician who is upset about Jomshof's statement.

- They do not even bother with their Islamophobia, she writes on Twitter.

Lööf writes that the Sweden Democrats now do not criticize Islamism or extremism, but the religion Islam.

- Such a xenophobic populist party does not want (C) to have influence over Sweden.

"Sweden Democrats threaten religious freedom"

Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson has also reacted:

- It does not become clearer.

The Sweden Democrats threaten religious freedom, incite against immigrants and become increasingly aggressive in their rhetoric, he writes on Twitter.

The Green Party's newly elected spokesperson Märta Stenevi has also commented on the statement on Twitter:

- The Sweden Democrats openly show their Islamophobia and their disgust towards a large part of Sweden's population.

That is completely unacceptable, she writes.

Jomshof: "Has been misinterpreted"

Richard Jomshof himself writes on Facebook that his statement has been "misinterpreted" and that he has never sought to review individuals' beliefs or religious affiliation.

- That an individual has a personal faith is not something I care about.

As a politician, it is therefore the political part of Islam - that is, Islamism - that I criticize, he writes.