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Norwegian Muslims plan replacement Islamic council
TheLocal.no ^ | 30 March 2017 16:28 CEST+02:00

Posted on 03/30/2017 9:33:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai

30,000 Norwegian Muslims could change membership to a new umbrella organization set up to replace the controversy-hit Islamsk Råd Norge (Islamic Council Norway, IRN). The purpose of the breakaway organization would be near-identical to that of IRN.

“I see no other option than to set up a new organization,” Basim Ghozlan, trustee at the Rabita Mosque in Oslo, told Klassekampen.

IRN’s employment of niqab-wearing Leyla Hasic as an administrative consultant has sparked extensive debate on the council’s role in promoting dialogue between Muslim communities and the rest of Norwegian society.

Both the Bosnian and Albanian mosques in the capital have already announced that they would leave the umbrella of Muslim organizations represented by the council. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: europe; islam; islamiccouncil; norway; rop

1 posted on 03/30/2017 9:33:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

A rose by any other name would smell as rancid.


2 posted on 03/30/2017 9:35:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Olog-hai

Islam out of Norge NOW. It’s too cold for Mo Ham MAd.


3 posted on 03/30/2017 9:36:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I was just about to write the same thing. :-)


4 posted on 03/30/2017 9:49:17 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Olog-hai

The camel’s nose is under the tent.


5 posted on 03/31/2017 1:14:31 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai

Muslims doing in Norway what they do in the ME — every few years re-flag a political organization to fool westerners into thinking they are moderating their goals. Works everytime it’s tried.


6 posted on 03/31/2017 3:34:20 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Olog-hai

Manure by any other name will still smell like crap.


7 posted on 03/31/2017 4:21:32 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Paladin2

Earlier this week, Minnesota celebrated “Muslim Day.”


8 posted on 03/31/2017 5:04:17 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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