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Minister of Knowledge Øystein Djupedal wants schools to stop saying grace at meals. "Norwegian schools shall not be preachy. They shall be all-embracing. Grace is not consistent with how Norwegian schools should be," Djupedal told newspaper VG. According to VG saying grace at meals is still a common practice in schools across Norway. Djupedal wants an end to simple verses like: "O du som metter liten fugl, velsign vor mat, o Gud. Amen" (Oh you who satisfy small birds, bless our food, Oh Lord. Amen). Djupedal made it clear that he wants an end to all types of rituals that...

In 'The shadow of the star' the 'anti-Zionistic' artist Peter Edel claims that Judaism is a racist religion and that the 'Jewish elite' is co-responisble for the Holocaust. Writer and Socialistic Party member Karel Glastra van Loon wrote an recommending introduction. The 'painfull facts' must be faced. Karel Glastra van Loon in the introduction from 'The schadow of the star': "You don't have to be a fortune-teller to predict that the author, Peter Edel, will be called an anti-Semite". But that is for him not a reason to recommend the book. It is a 'painfull', but 'optimistic', even an 'important'...