The foreign minister understands what should be abundantly clear across Europe: Aiding and abetting the segregation of a class that would fancy itself too “special” for civil law achieves the opposite of integration. “Støre bans Sharia councils,” by Michael Sandelson for The Foreigner, June 24: Jonas Gahr Støre, Labour’s (Ap) Foreign Minister, has totally discounted […]
“I’ve become an enemy of the people for speaking the truth about Islam”
So says Bruce Bawer. “When it comes to the right to speak one’s mind about Islam, the record of the last few years makes it clear which direction the West is moving in.” Indeed. The official fictions are ever more strictly enforced. It is only a matter of time. But…the truth will always remain the […]
2,500 Muslims protest publication of Motoon in Norway
“It was a test for Norwegian society – whether this would be a peaceful protest or not.” All right. But it is also an ongoing test as to whether or not the freedom of speech will survive in Norway and the West in general. And the jury is still out on that. “2,500 protest Muhammad […]
Norway: 1000 taxi drivers Muslim cab drivers stop work to protest Muhammad cartoons
The Norwegian paper Dagbladet reprinted one of the Motoons, and that’s when the fun began. “We wanted to show our opposition to it that makes a mockery of our values,” said cab driver Munir Rashad. Great. And so will Norway stand by passively and allow its own values to be mocked? (Probably.) As Pat Condell […]
Was Norwegian Muslim womens’ rights activist murdered?
In “Samira Munir – Champion for Muslim Women,” Fjordman asks the question: Samira Munir, Norwegian politician of Pakistani origins, died on November 14, 2005. All the details surrounding her death have not been revealed, but the police have hinted that it may have been suicide. It is not impossible that this could be the case, […]
Norway: Teacher told to drop Star of David
Because it might offend Muslims, of course. Interesting to note that Aftenposten lists as a “related story” one with the headline “No plans to ban hijab in Norwegian schools.” Apparently the hijab offends no one. From Aftenposten, with thanks to all who sent this in: A municipally employed teacher in Kristiansand has been prevented from […]
Norway: Doctors warn against child exam
A parliamentary majority for obligatory checks of all young girls to reveal instances of female circumcision has caused concern in medical circles. From Norway’s AftenPosten, with thanks to T. Norway’s parliament, the Storting, recently resolved to ask the government to introduce the mandatory examination of the genitalia of small children in order to overcome the […]
Mullah Krekar to be Expelled
A little spine stiffening from Norway. From the AftenPosten, & Ixnay. Controversial mullah Krekar, former leader of Ansar al-Islam, will be expelled from Norway, on the instructions of Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Erna Solberg. Solberg instructed the Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) to uphold the decision to expel Krekar on the grounds of […]
The Hijab in Pakistan and Norway
An interesting discussion that comes to us thanks to the Norwegian Kafir: Sanctioned by the holy text of the Quran, hijab, or any item of woman’s clothing, especially that which cancels her beauty, is assumed to protect women from men’s unpleasant advances in the public sphere, where she might be seen as a sexual object […]
Norway: Muslim Gang Rapes Continue
“Norway: The Rapes Continue,” from the Fjordman Blogspot: 7 Kurdish Muslim immigrants are suspects in a gang rape case against a 16 year old Norwegian girl in Oslo in December. One of the men charged with the gang rape is suspected of being involved in another gang rape of a girl in Oslo ten days […]