AN ISLAMIC school that segregates boys and girls as young as six has been branded 'disgusting' by Sweden's Prime Minister.

Footage has emerged of girls being led to the back of a school bus while boys head to the front at the private school in Stockholm.

2 The girls were seen getting on the rear of the bus, while the boys went to the front Credit: Kalla Facta/TV4

PM Stefan Lofven told reporters that dividing children by gender "does not belong in Sweden" after the video was broadcast by a news programme called Kalla Facta - Cold Facts - broadcast on TV4.

Swedish news agency TT spoke to Al-Azhar school headmaster Roger Lindquist, who said school management was not aware of the decision.

Mr Lindquist told TT the segregation was a mistake and added: "This is not something that has been known or sanctioned by school management.

"It is important to point out that the staff is not driven by religion but a passion to work with cultural and integration issues.

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2 The Swedish PM says separating children by gender 'does not belong in Sweden'

"It is also important that the school is not based on Muslim values but democratic ones."

But TT claims a reporter was made to leave the premises when he tried to get comment from school officials.

Education minister Gustav Fridolin also criticised the practice, telling Expressen that it is "completely unacceptable"

He added: "Obviously, we have weak rules.

"It is clear that we both need to tighten the curriculum to prevent gender separation from taking place, and to strengthen the regulatory framework when it comes to denominational schools."

The same school hit the headlines when it separated gym classes after a ban on single-sex classrooms in Sweden.

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