According to researchers, the virginity requirements for girls and women who live in an honorable context are the very core of why there is a market for "virginity operations".
Women's organizations (LINK 37557797) therefore want religious leaders to take greater responsibility for teaching about women's rights.
"The Imam's role is to enlighten"
Nasir Suleman agrees that different cultures require women to be virgins when they get married and he feels that many, due to language barriers, do not understand that it works differently in Sweden.
He therefore thinks it is important that people who are new arrivals get more knowledge to avoid a collision.
- The imam's role here in the mosque is to enlighten people, and explain that you now live in Sweden so you must adapt to the country's rules and laws and follow them.
What do you say to those who want the subsidy that mosques receive to be withdrawn if they control women?
-We at the Jönköping mosque never encourage men to restrict women's freedom, we never go against Swedish law.
How important is it for a woman to be a virgin when she gets married? Hear chairman Nasir Sulemans, who represents the Råslätt Mosque in Jönköping, answer in the clip.