Tag: Islam

Anti-extremists win massive support

The prime minister, leaders of all Norwegian political parties and thousands of others were joining Norwegian Muslims who mobilized last week to demonstrate on Monday...

PST boss seeks more surveillance

UPDATED; Benedicte Bjørnland, chief of Norway's police intelligence unit PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste), is calling for new and controversial means of surveillance that "send chills down...

Muslims mobilize against extremists

UPDATED: A wide range of Muslims living in Norway are gathering for the first time to mount a major demonstration next week against Islamic...

Norway sends aid to Northern Iraq

The Norwegian government has, as expected, decided to contribute a military transport plane to help send humanitarian aid to refugees in Northern Iraq who are...

Risk catches up with oil firm DNO

Oslo-based oil and gas firm DNO, known for operating in high-risk areas of the Middle East and North Africa, was the first foreign company to start drilling...

Deported Taliban minister threatens lawsuit

The public defender for a former Taliban minister who was deported from Norway last month now says he's challenging the deportation on behalf of...

Norway deported Taliban minister

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported on Tuesday that a former member of a Taliban government in Afghanistan, who'd been living as a refugee in Norway,...

Norwegian jailed in attack on imam

A Norwegian man who was first questioned by police as a witness to an attack on the imam of Norway's largest mosque ended up being...

Leaders reach out in local mosques

Norwegian leaders from both ends of the political spectrum have been visiting local mosques and reaching out to the country's Muslims in the wake of...

Muslims react while fingers point

UPDATED: Norwegian authorities believe a group with extreme Islamist links is behind the "non-specific but credible" terror threat against Norway, and it emerged on...
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