Moderate Swedish Muslims appeal for help to counter Islamic State extremists.

Jan 29, 2015, 11:19 AM

The United Nations’ Human Rights organisation has expressed concern about the increasing number of hate crimes in Sweden a country once regarded as one of the most tolerant in the world. The Swedish government says it’s planning a strategy to challenge growing Islamophobia in the country following a string of arson attacks on mosques. The country’s main political parties have forged an alliance to try to isolate the anti immigrant Sweden Democrats, who oppose the commitment to accept 100,000 asylum seekers a year from Syria and Iraq. But as support for the right wing party is on the rise, moderate Muslims appeal for government help to fight extreme Islamists. Malcolm Brabant reports from Southern Sweden.