Reuters calls them “Swedish men,” but whether they are converts to Islam or lifelong Muslims, they almost certainly do not consider themselves to be Swedish at all, but solely as citizens of the worldwide umma. Note also that Reuters never identifies what group they were working with in Syria, much less give any indication of its ideology. Nowadays to perform basic journalistic services would be “Islamophobic.”
“2 Swedes get life sentences for ‘terrorist crimes’ in Syria,” Reuters, December 14, 2015:
STOCKHOLM – Two Swedish men were sentenced to life in prison on Monday for “terrorist crimes” in Syria in 2013, a Swedish district court said in a statement.
The two men, aged 32 and 30, were convicted of assisting in executions in Syria.
During a search of one of the men’s homes, police had found a USB stick containing films showing the killings, the court was told.
In a video shown in court by the prosecutor, masked men stood around three men on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs.

Don McKellar says
It is a puzzle: where they murdering for the Islamic State or was it for Obama’s Islamic State Lite? I’m starting to think that when the Islamic State is not reported in such stories — and not even referred to as ISIL or Daish — then the terrorist group in question was Obama’s boys. By not reporting that, the Mainstream Media doesn’t run afoul of Obama and the leftist party line, and leaves it “open” so that people might assume it was the Islamic State.
mortimer says
These terrorists probably renounced their citizenship in a special ceremony required by ISIS and then their Swedish passports were burned.
After that, what would cause them to be ‘Swedish’?
Only the moronic stupidity of the Swedish politicians!
Chuck says
Maybe they are Vikings
Angemon says
Are they tall and blond and going by names along the lines of Gustaf or Gottfried?
Magnus says
Names are Al Amin Sultan and Hassan Mostafa al-Mandlawi according to Swedish news.
The court does not believe they were the actual killers, ‘only’ assisting in the executions and posing with the cut-off heads afterwards.
They are nevertheless sentenced to life because they participated in a terrorist act.
For the first time in Swedish history, the jury (equivalent of) is offered psycological help afterwards…
The Obama Timeline author says
Reuters listed no names? I’ll bet they weren’t Olaf and Nils.