Syed Ali Bukhari, Imam at the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat mosque in Oslo has accused leaders of the Barelwi mosque “Aisha” of trying to attract young men in order to radicalize them. Bukhari says representatives of the Tabliqi-movement running the mosque express a Wahhabi inspired Islam and support terrorism in the name of Islam. Members of…
Last week Dagbladet published one of the infamous Muhammad caricatures – this one showing the prophet as a pig – as an illustration to an article on the caricature being used on the secret police’s Facebook page. The publication (shortly after Aftenpostens re-publication of the caricatures) has meet with massive protests and demonstrations in Norway….
Ambreen Pervez, former leader of the Norwegian Pakistani Student Organization, responds to last week’s debate on moral control in the neighborhood of Grønland, Oslo. She recognizes problems, but wants mostly to draw attention to the social control experienced daily by Norwegian Muslims, especially Muslim women wearing the hijab, as they are being marginalized in labor…
The Christian newspaper Vårt land (Our Country) reports that 30 new Muslim congregations have been registered in Norway in the last five years, a 37 percent increase. During that same time, Muslim populations in Norway have reportedly increased 15 percent. Kari Vogt, Associate Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Oslo, says…
In a series of articles, Aftenposten (an independent conservative publication) has debated moral and social control exercised by Muslim men in the neighborhood of Grønland in Norway’s capitol, Oslo. Described as Oslo’s multicultural and “hip” neighborhood, but also where you find most “minarets and khatbuls”, Grønland is said to have developed into a “Muslim neighborhood”….
