Tag: religion
Islamic Council loses largest members
After months of warnings, four of Norway's largest muslim organizations have withdrawn as members of the national Islamic Council (Islamsk Råd Norge, IRN). They've...
TV program leader confronts her critics
A young Muslim woman who won fame in Norway for speaking out against Islamic extremists made her TV debut Thursday night as leader of a program aimed at...
NRK upset by flap over anchor’s hijab
Norway's state broadcasting company NRK has received more than 3,000 complaints over an upcoming new TV program, tied to the parliamentary election in September, that allows...
Pilgrimages keep gaining popularity
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Crown Prince Haakon's official re-opening of Norway's historic pilgrim trail from Oslo to the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. More...
Progress Party won’t act on circumcision ban
Norway's conservative Progress Party created a fuss last weekend, when it decided at its national meeting to make a ban on circumcision of baby...
Israel objects to any circumcision ban
The Israeli Embassy in Oslo is criticizing a decision by Norway's conservative Progress Party over the weekend to support any proposed ban on circumcision...
Listhaug fends off attack on her cross
Sylvi Listhaug, Norway's government minister in charge of immigration and asylum issues, is off on maternity leave but that hasn't exempted her from more controversy....
Hindus upset over Norwegian beer label
Hindus around the world are urging Norwegian brewery Berentsens, located in the coastal town of Egersund, to remove the image of an elephant that they...
It’s official: Homosexuals can marry in church
The government body for The Norwegian Church voted as expected on Monday in favour of a new wedding liturgy that can be used in...
Bishop cleared, church fined
Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, leader of the Catholic Church in Oslo, won't have to fight charges that he knowingly took part in what state prosecutors claim...
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