He travelled to Istanbul, on to Peshawar, bought a horse there and spent some months riding in the mountains of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China.
Ibrahim Sverrir has lived and travelled widely in the Islamic world, including working for the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture consulting on sheep-breeding.
[2] According to Ibrahim Sverrir funds for the mosque will be raised abroad, including Muslims in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
[4] Salmann Tamimi, however, has warned that by accepting funds abroad the Association of Muslims in Iceland will jeopardise losing the reins of control.
[8] In a radio interview on 2 June 2014 Ibrahim Sverrir said that members of the Association of Muslims in Iceland wanted certain affairs to be governed by Sharia, including inheritance and family matters.