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2 men arrested in Norway after attack on critic of Islam
International Herald Tribune ^ | 4/16/07 | AP

Posted on 04/16/2007 6:29:05 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Police arrested two men Monday on suspicion of assaulting an outspoken critic of Islam after she publicly called for a revision of the Quran's view of women.

Kadra Noor, 26, emerged into the public spotlight in 2000, when her secret recordings of imams in Norway supporting female circumcision, contrary to some of their public statements, was aired as part of a national television documentary.

Noor, who is deputy leader of a Somali women's group in Norway, said she was assaulted by seven or eight Somali men outside an Oslo pub in the early hours of Thursday morning. The attack came after Norwegian media published an interview with her on April 10, in which she said it was time for Islam to revise its view of women.

"The Quran's view of women should be interpreted again," she was quoted as telling Norway's largest newspaper, Verdens Gang. "I miss a debate over the rights and duties modern Muslim women have."

Noor and other witnesses said the attackers, some shouting religious slogans, knocked Noor down, surrounded her and kicked her. She suffered cracked ribs and other injuries.

(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; muslims; norway; religionofpieces; rop
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1 posted on 04/16/2007 6:29:07 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

There’s No War on Terror???...


2 posted on 04/16/2007 6:33:33 PM PDT by GitmoSailor (Cold War Vet==Is it Bush's fault Yet??...Please help this Forum Now!..Before its to late!!!...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The Islamic Council in Norway condemned the attack.

The same way they condemn female circumcision.

Mrs VS

3 posted on 04/16/2007 6:37:34 PM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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To: GitmoSailor

According to the Brits......


4 posted on 04/16/2007 6:38:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Men?


5 posted on 04/16/2007 7:12:46 PM PDT by claudiustg (I curse you, Rudy of the Giuliani!)
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To: VeritatisSplendor

Of course the irony of two men beating up a woman because she mentions that Islam is violent, is SO lost on these individuals.


6 posted on 04/16/2007 7:19:53 PM PDT by boop (Now Greg, you know I don't like that WORD!)
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To: claudiustg
Men?

Okay, cowards.
7 posted on 04/16/2007 7:20:34 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Such tough guys — 7 or 8 men against one woman.


8 posted on 04/16/2007 7:24:15 PM PDT by Bigg Red (You are either with us or with the terrorists.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

She better get used to the beatings...Because hers and the rest of the northern European countries are encouraging the immigration of peoples from Mid-East origins at unprecidented rates.


9 posted on 04/16/2007 8:04:14 PM PDT by right-wingin_It
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To: Bigg Red
They need a concealed carry law there and she needs to start packing. Then the headline reads “Female assaulted by 8 muslim men. 5 killed three wounded and fleeing custody. The woman is being treated for a bruised index finger. if you know the...”
10 posted on 04/16/2007 8:10:29 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Bigg Red
Such tough guys — 7 or 8 men against one woman.

Sounds reasonable. She spoke out against Islam, which means she's brave...and they needed a gang of men to attack her, which means they're cowards. So one brave person vs 7 or 8 cowards...when looked at that way one can understand why they needed so many.

11 posted on 04/16/2007 8:21:31 PM PDT by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

At bottom, islamists are simply misogynists.


12 posted on 04/16/2007 8:30:28 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: kvanbrunt2

In Norway? You gotta be effing kidding! It would take an act of God to get a carry permit.


13 posted on 04/16/2007 8:31:27 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan

If Norway is like other euro countries, guns are strictly controlled, and most people ignore the laws and buy whatever gun they want on the black market. I know of a couple of people in different euro countries who have substantial collections of firearms, many of which are totally illegal. (Of course, that would never happen here)


14 posted on 04/16/2007 8:35:57 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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At bottom, islamists are simply misogynists.

Which is ironic, considering that they're all such tremendous p***ies.

15 posted on 04/16/2007 8:49:34 PM PDT by Mordacious
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To: ozzymandus

Buying handguns legally here in Norway is quite easy. The applicant must be 21 years or older, member of a pistol club, and can not have a criminal record.


16 posted on 04/17/2007 8:49:27 AM PDT by Bergen
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