Posted on 10/28/2016 9:59:48 PM PDT by aquila48
Norway’s migration and integration minister has faced calls to resign after telling the country’s Muslim immigrants they must adapt to a society in which “we eat pork, drink alcohol and show our face.” Sylvi Listhaug, a member of the country’s populist, anti-immigrant Progress Party, made the comments in a Facebook post Monday.
“I think those who come to Norway need to adapt to our society,” she wrote. “Here we eat pork, drink alcohol and show our face. You must abide by the values, laws and regulations that are in Norway when you come here.”
Listhuag was appointed to the role last December as part of the country’s governing coalition, which also comprises the center-right Conservative Party. In the space of a year, Norway’s number of new immigrants has fallen from a high of close to 31,000 in 2015 to an expected 3,550 by the end of this year.
While the number of asylum seekers has dropped in 2016 across Europe, Norway, which is not part of the European Union, has also instituted controversial policies. In April, the country’s authorities started offering a “bonus” of 10,000 krone ($1,200) to leave the country.
Last year, those fleeing war-torn Syria accounted for a third of asylum seekers arriving in Norway.
Listhaug’s post has been liked more than 20,000 times but has also sparked an immediate backlash. A member of the opposition Labor Party pointed out the contradiction between her words and the title of her position.
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The Varangian Guard of which you speak - the loyal defenders of the Byzantine Christian Empire - did not fight against “Arabs” per se as many many Arabs were Christians and still are heroically. They fought against Muslims...who by the that time were arab, kurd, and especially mongol turks.
Talk is cheap and apparently so is the Norwegian government plan to pay moslums to leave.
Ridiculous that this is even a controversial statement.
a beautiful woman who cares about protecting her people and her nation.
yup’
True, Some European countries are waking up. Let’s go Trump...
Of course, they don't have much of a defense force to worry about, either.
Sooner or later this lack of seriousness about a very serious subject is going to come back to bite them in the ass big time.
Here's the chinese defense minister... 
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