Draft:Rashid Musa
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| Name | Rashid Musa |
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| Birth Place | Somalia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Works | Produced documentary on Al Jazeera network about Muslims society in Sweden |
Rashid Musa is a prominent activist of Muslim Brotherhood and head of the Muslim Youth Organization in Sweden. He was born in 1987 in Somalia. His family migrated from Mogadishu to Sweden when he was four years old.
Birth and Education
He was born in 1987 in Somalia. Rashid's family migrated from Mogadishu to Sweden when he was four years old. During his university studies, he cooperated and was active in several Islamic associations in Sweden, and after obtaining a bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology from the Royal Institute of Technology and a diploma in Science Journalism from Umeå University. Eventually, Rashid worked as a teacher in middle schools and high schools.
Political Activity
Rashid Musa became the official spokesperson for the Islamic Human Rights Committee in Sweden in 2012, some of whose officials were accused of extremism. Also, in 2014, Rashid became the head of the Muslim Youth Organization linked to Muslim Brotherhood. He was also elected to the board of the Islamic Association of Europe, which counts as the youth and student wing of the international Muslim Brotherhood organization.
Media Activity
He also collaborated with the Qatari Al Jazeera network in 2018 to produce documentaries about the Muslim community in Sweden and promoting Muslim Brotherhood structures there, and today is one of the young Islamic figures who plays a significant role in the Swedish media scene. Rashid Musa comments on various issues and events related to Islam, extremism in Sweden and other European countries from the Muslim Brotherhood perspective.