The early morning hours of April 10, 2009, the plane carrying brother Mohamed Diini, an effective Islamic leader and international speaker touched down at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. He has come to speak at the annual conference of the Sverige Unga Muslimer ( Swedish Young Muslims) which attracted over 1,500 participants this year from places as far as Oslo in Norway and Gothemborg in the deep south of Sweden. This is, void of any dispute, North Europe’s largest Muslim youth and young professionals gathering. A huge percent of the attendees were college students, professionals and activists across Scandinavia.

The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Leadership Through Prophet Muhammed’s Style’. The venue for the conference was Gymnasium Asso in the heart of the city, just a short drive from key city centers and the nation’s largest Islamic Center. Stockholm, popularly known as the capital of Scandinavia, gave way to a beautiful weather during the 4-day congregation.
This year’s conference held a special place in the heart of the Somali community of Sweden as they were frantic to know a fellow countryman, and a quite young man in his mid 20s, as the keynote speaker along with Sh. Khalid Yassin who was also flown in from New York. Words travels fast, and the Somali community came out in huge numbers to bear witness to the type of leadership, knowledge, calmness and public speaking ability displayed by brother Diini. He has truly become an inspiration to thousands of young Somali leaders, activist, students and professionals in Stockholm. The image of the Somali community has been clearly polished, and gracefully, all the positive feedback came to the community in general. Attending in large numbers were other Muslim communities; Arabs, Kurds, Turks, East Africans and scholars from a number of universities in Stockholm.

Due to an overwhelming positive feedback and a sense of brotherly belonging, the Somali community has requested to meet with brother Diini. The evening of Tuesday April 14, 2009 will forever be imprinted in the hearts and minds of many as attendance far exceeded anyone’s expectation. Held in a library hall in the middle of Tenesta, a Somli majority neighborhood in Stockholm, attendees poured from all walks of the community. Young professional’s and college student’s attendance was extremely high with very decent percentage of mothers, fathers, local leaders and activists. There was an air of optimism, hope and joy in the building.

Brother Mohamed Maki, a local leader and Ahmed Siraji, an official with the Swedish Somali Association (both young men) gave the opening remarks and thanked the community for th

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