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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4098821,00.html
Oslo blast damages government HQ
Massive explosion rocks downtown Oslo, said to target government compound. Blast kills one, injures at least eight people; several buildings damaged
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Published: 07.22.11, 17:29 / Israel News
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A massive explosion rocked central Oslo on Friday, killing one person and injuring several others. The blast severely damaged several government buildings, including the Prime Minister’s Office.
There were no immediate reports as to the casualties' exact condition, but one fatality has been confirmed. Government spokeswoman Camilla Ryste said that Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was unharmed.
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Initial reports said at least eight people were injured in the massive explosion, which according to eyewitnesses damaged buildings in a radius spanning several hundreds yards. One eyewitness said he saw the blast shatter almost all windows of a 17-storey high-rise.
Norwegian authorities have yet to determine whether the explosion was an act of terror. The charred wreckage of car has been found nearby, but authorities have yet to determine whether the explosion was the result of a car bomb.
According to Norway's NRK radio, the explosion appears to have taken place near the Ministry of Finance, in close proximity to the building housing the headquarters of the Norwegian Prime Minister.
Nearby offices were evacuated including, those housing some of Norway's leading newspapers and news agency NTB. Some of them were also severely damaged.
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The blast comes as the Scandinavian country has grappled with a series of homegrown terror plots linked to al-Qaeda, and six years after an uproar over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in neighboring Denmark.
Last week, a Norwegian prosecutor filed terror charges against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he's deported from the Nordic country.
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Westerners will feel the impact of terrorism on their own soil. They need to to rethink their decision to support independent terrorist state Kosovo. Chaim's warnings happen to come true once again.
I hope that innocents citizens will recover soon. God bless the soul of one murdered Norwegian.
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It is disgusting. Spiegel Online is reporting, that the Muslims celebrated the terrorist act in Internet forums.
In islamistischen Internetforen wurden die Nachrichten über eine Explosion im norwegischen Regierungsviertel von Anhängern al-Qaidas als "frohe Nachricht" bejubelt. "Euch bleibt nicht mehr viel Zeit, eure Soldaten aus Afghanistan abzuziehen, oder ihr werdet Blut in den Straßen sehen", schrieb ein User.
In Islamist internetforums the news about an explosion in the Norse gouvernment quarter was acclaimed by followers of Al-Quaida as "merry message" [actually they use a term that is normally used in German as translation of the greek word "Evangelion" - It is in the quran also ].
"Not so much time is remaining for you, to pullback your soldiers from Afghanistan, or you will see blood in the streets", wrote a user.]
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,776002,00.html
Sick and twisted like we know them.
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It is disgusting. Spiegel Online is reporting, that the Muslims celebrated the terrorist act in Internet forums.
In Islamist internetforums the news about an explosion in the Norse gouvernment quarter was acclaimed by followers of Al-Quaida as "merry message" [actually they use a term that is normally used in German as translation of the greek word "Evangelion" - It is in the quran also ].
"Not so much time is remaining for you, to pullback your soldiers from Afghanistan, or you will see blood in the streets", wrote a user.]
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,776002,00.html
Sick and twisted like we know them.
Nothing too evil is unbelievable for the qurananimal
In Islamist Internet forums, the news was about an explosion in the Norwegian government district of al-Qaeda's supporters hailed as "good news". "You do not have much time to withdraw your soldiers from Afghanistan, or will you see blood in the streets," wrote one user.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-norway-bombing-20110723,0,1264865.story
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They brought those quranimals into their country to live with them, and this is how they are rewarded for it. Hopefully they will wake up now.
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Yeah, well Europeans always show hostility towards the most civilized of people, Israel and Jews, while bending over backwards for the savage primitive Arabs, this is the reward they get; Maybe this will finally wake them up.
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Well, it seems that it didn't pay off for the Norwegians to take strong anti-Israel positions.
But wait, they may find excuses for the terrorists just like they excuse the filthy Muslims they invited in their country who rape their women...
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I had no idea how bad situation is.
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I too have been merging...
I've been merging two production branches of code at work this afternoon....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meld_%28software%29
Regarding this story... I have been watching it since I woke up this morning... I expect more of these kinds of attacks...
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This is what Norway gets for brutally pressuring Israel, Serbia, and Sri Lanka to commit national suicide and allowing hundreds of thousands of Turkish, Kurdish, and Tamil barbarians into its gates. I wish I could feel pity for them, but I don't.
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News reports indicate that the lone gunman who was captured is an Ethnic Norwegian. But it is not clear whether he was radicalized by Islam or he comes from a 'right-wing' party {as some reports indicate}.
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Religion of Peace strikes again!Norway is far from a righteous country but it is still a shame what happened
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The attacker appears to be a crazy right winger, "Islamophobe", who admires Geert Wilders. Pretty bad news.
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Also I suppose I better come forward and say this, though I am not cheerful, I am definitely not too sad about the victims.
(http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/4e2b0cd91e4511802.jpg)
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Any terrorist attack is terrible, when innocent people get hurt and killed it's very sad.
I don't think any of us would like a family member to be killed over obama's policies, it seems like the innocent people are always the ones that suffer.
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Leftist tricks on his Facebook Page .On his Norge Page nothing about being a Christian on his English Page it says Christian.Tricks from leftists
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/07/who-added-christian-and-conservative-to-norway-shooters-facebook-page-yesterday.html
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Probably a Pedofronter or similar creep. Still I can't feel sorry.
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The Island pretending to break the Gaza blockade.
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I am not believing this story at about right winger at all.
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I am not believing this story at about right winger at all.
I think there is something fishy too. They say he is a fundamental Christian and a Freemason. I have nether heard of this combination of ideologies. This guy is described like a protagonist from a 911 truther plot.
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I think there is something fishy too. They say he is a fundamental Christian and a Freemason. I have nether heard of this combination of ideologies. This guy is described like a protagonist from a 911 truther plot.
It is possible that he searched for inspiration from every ideology that could counter Islam and socialism.
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More photos of possible shooting victims:
(http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/4e2c098636c182c0.jpg)
(who is smiling now suckers ?)
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I think there is something fishy too. They say he is a fundamental Christian and a Freemason. I have nether heard of this combination of ideologies. This guy is described like a protagonist from a 911 truther plot.
I agree that Christianity and Freemasonry are absolutely incompatible.
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I'm looking for Norway condemns attacks on Israel .All i found was Norway condemns Israel or Israeol condemns attacks on Norway http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7kwAJixO5gsAoF5XNyoA;_ylc=X1MDUCMyNzY2Njc5BF9yAzIEYW8DMARjc3JjcHZpZAMwbUpaUWtvRzd2NERaejY2VGlvZ253TGFRX080OEU0c0pnQUFCcFdZBGZyA3lmcC10LTcwMQRmcjIDc2J0bgRuX2dwcwMwBG9yaWdpbgNzcnAEcXVlcnkDTm9yd2F5IGNvbmRlbW5zIGF0dGFjayBvbiAgSXNyYWVsBHNhbwMxBHZ0ZXN0aWQDU01FMDM2?p=Norway+condemns+attack+on++Israel&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-701&type_param=
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The leftists will keep on blaming all the right wingers including fundamental Christians and freemason. But they will also keep on bringing those quranimals into their countries.
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Media said that this man was supporting Serbs calling them "brothers". Now we are to blame....
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Media said that this man was supporting Serbs calling them "brothers". Now we are to blame....
LOL they say he supported Israel as well
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http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=230762
Here's an article that discusses his thoughts towards Israel, Jews and Serbs. I pretty much agree with every single position this Breivik fellow had. This is a very weird situation to be in, agreeing with a mass murderer on every single position. This guy isn't like Charles Manson or some rambling psycho like Jared Loughner. He is a right-wing zionist and Christian who shares all the same views as the rest of us. It's weird, but it's like I feel as if we're standing at the edge of a cliff next to Anders Breivik. Only thing is, he jumped off and we're still standing there. At what point does someone break and turn to such extreme violence?
Even though these young people who died were leftists, muslims and likely the left-wing leaders of tomorrow it is beyond the pale to even think about killing them. Killing anyone in cold blood like he did, even if they're evil people is just something I don't think I could ever do. It's so odd that I definitely believe violence will unfortunately be the only answer in Europe to stop multiculturalism and the islamic takeover. There will inevitably be riots in Europe and many people will die. The muslim population will see to it as their population grows to become more violent.
We're in a very interesting and uncomfortable position where this man held extremely righteous positions and everything about his moral center was right... but he committed an act of such extreme violence that I just can't support him. What he did was so counter to Christian belief that I don't see how he reconciled the two, that is to say if he really is/was a Christian.
I just hope his actions don't make it worse for Christians in Europe as well as give the nazis more vigor to hate Israel.
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http://mg.co.za/article/2011-07-24-norway-massacre-suspect-says-killings-necessary/
I was wondering who the victims were. The above article that I found, if they are telling the truth indicates that the shooting indeed was ideologically motivated.
Therefore in the coming days be prepared for a leftist onslaught that will use all the tricks they can to close JTF down.
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The camp was an assembly of young leftists who were associated with the ruling Labor Party. This is the same Norwegian party whose immigration policy has let in so many muslims. The current PM of Norway has said when he was younger he attended the same camp.
So I suppose it was a retreat for the leftist leaders of tomorrow. This is why it was targetted.
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The camp was practically a Quisling Youth programming centre.
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I think this looks more and more like some sort of set up. All of sudden they have found 1500 pages of written ideology by this man? Some of the best books on many subjects do not contain so many pages.
Right wing parties were gaining power in Northern Europe and this killings will open door to socialists to gain their ground.
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He also expressed his sympathy for the people of Serbia, and blasted Norway’s support of the 1999 NATO bombing campaign on Serbia that stopped the expulsion of Kosovar Albanians by Serbian forces.
Everyone knows that ethnic Albanians fled because of NATO bombing. NATO troops even attacked one Albanian convoy and killed several hundred people.
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I think this looks more and more like some sort of set up. All of sudden they have found 1500 pages of written ideology by this man? Some of the best books on many subjects do not contain so many pages.
Right wing parties were gaining power in Northern Europe and this killings will open door to socialists to gain their ground.
He seems too smart to be a muslim. Islam makes you impulsive and stupid. That's why it takes many muslims working together to commit terror acts when they happen. Only low-IQ idiots are drawn to islam because it gives them an excuse for their evil and degenerate behavior, for instance blacks in jail.
I'd be willing to bet this man is simply a right-winger who made the choice to commit mass murder. What drove him to do so we might never know. Despite what he did we can't be ashamed of our right-wing views.
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He seems too smart to be a muslim. Islam makes you impulsive and stupid. That's why it takes many muslims working together to commit terror acts when they happen. Only low-IQ idiots are drawn to islam because it gives them an excuse for their evil and degenerate behavior, for instance blacks in jail.
I'd be willing to bet this man is simply a right-winger who made the choice to commit mass murder. What drove him to do so we might never know. Despite what he did we can't be ashamed of our right-wing views.
I agree.
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This story has shaken me very much. Coming on the heels of the tragedy in NY with the 9 y/o boy these recent months have been very emotionally difficult. I have a feeling that things are going to become much more topsy-turvy in the upcoming months. It seems like we are on a water slide and we are increasing in acceleration down the incline. From the beginning of the year with the uprisings in Egypt and other countries, to the shooting of Gabrielle Gifford we have been witnessing events which 10 years ago we would never have imagined.
That a right-winger flips out and massacres a bunch of kids is shocking to me. I cannot comprehend how someone who is supposed to believe what he said he believed could do such a thing. As I was saying to a friend the other day, there is no justification for killing any children who are innocent, just no justification ever. I can even go further and say that it is generally not good to kill children unless they pose an immediate danger to life and limb. And I also don't like killing anyone, and can only justify it if there is a threat to the life of myself, my family, my people, my country, humanity. Death is not a pleasant thing and I hesitate even to kill pests such as mice.
There are lunatics on both sides of the political spectrum. The left lunatics such as Jared Laughner was motivated by left-wing rhetoric and he was moved to shoot six people to death and injured the congresswoman... This Norwegian man may have been a right-winger who also was sick in the mind and justified killing children... I don't think this is evidence of a problem with the basic political outlook...
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At the same time, these young people at this camp were not just children persay. It was a young Labor Party camp. Kind of like a retreat for the future of the Norwegian Labor party. See, here is the problem. These people were/are our enemies. The Norwegian Labor party are a bunch of anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, pro-muslim, multiculturalist [censored]. They are almost solely responsible for the sorry state Norway is in with respects to being floode by muslims. They let them in.
These young Norwegians were the future politicians of Norway who would condemn the Jews and support every muslim cause under the sun. It is kind of like young muslims in a way. They are too young to do damage now, but in the future there is a good chance they will. What do you do with them?
I know there have been discussions on how to deal with the children of your enemies with various opinions. Some have argued they should be targets too. Personally, I could never murder someone the way Breivik did, but he in a way carried out a position I've seen expressed on JTF before. The question is, do you consider these young Labor members to be enemies of the Jewish people and what do you do with them?
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At the same time, these young people at this camp were not just children persay. It was a young Labor Party camp. Kind of like a retreat for the future of the Norwegian Labor party. See, here is the problem. These people were/are our enemies. The Norwegian Labor party are a bunch of anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist, pro-muslim, multiculturalist morons. They are almost solely responsible for the sorry state Norway is in with respects to being floode by muslims. They let them in.
These young Norwegians were the future politicians of Norway who would condemn the Jews and support every muslim cause under the sun. It is kind of like young muslims in a way. They are too young to do damage now, but in the future there is a good chance they will. What do you do with them?
I know there have been discussions on how to deal with the children of your enemies with various opinions. Some have argued they should be targets too. Personally, I could never murder someone the way Breivik did, but he in a way carried out a position I've seen expressed on JTF before. The question is, do you consider these young Labor members to be enemies of the Jewish people and what do you do with them?
I must say that I will not associate with anyone who will justify what was done there. This is not even an attack which will alter public opinion to understand the right-wing, it will definitely have the the opposite effect. What so-called good will come of this? None that I can see.
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Perhaps he was against EuroCommunism, but EuroCommunists will exploit his misdeeds to their own benefit.
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It's unfortunate regarding the situation however at the same you have to remember that Norway is primarily an Atheist country that hates Israel and most of the people generally support the muslims, good riddance to these communist supporters is how I see it.
Personally I think he snapped seeing how his country was being taken over but I certainly don't condone murder by any means.
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I agree that Christianity and Freemasonry are absolutely incompatible.
You are correct. Freemasonry is a Deist cult. It is monotheism but it teaches that God created the world at one time, but now has absolutely no more involvement in it.
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You are correct. Freemasonry is a Deist cult. It is monotheism but it teaches that G-d created the world at one time, but now has absolutely no more involvement in it.
They try to say that it's not a religion but when you find out more about it you realize they actually do have religious type teachings as you've mentioned.
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More photos of possible shooting victims:
(http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/4e2c098636c182c0.jpg)
(who is smiling now suckers ?)
This they have really done there on this Island? Is this an actual photo? :o
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This they have really done there on this Island? Is this an actual photo? :o
Yes they also have an anti Jewish /Israel Imam preach there of course i don't condone killing campers.But i condemn the elders of the labor party
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I must say that I will not associate with anyone who will justify what was done there. This is not even an attack which will alter public opinion to understand the right-wing, it will definitely have the the opposite effect. What so-called good will come of this? None that I can see.
Yes this is right. The outcome will be disastrous for the development of Europe.
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This they have really done there on this Island? Is this an actual photo? :o
The anti Jewish activity was a big part of that quisling judgend island. Yesterday in haaretz the Norwegian reporter for the middle east wrote how she went there accompanied by an arab "civil rights" activist from Gaza to give lectures about the middle east, the so called Arab spring, and the so called Israeli occupation and blockade. She said these issues were a major part of the seminars on the island. The Norwegian foreign minister joined them in some of these lectures too. He is in the picture bellow.
(http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/4e2b0cd91e4511802.jpg)
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Israel treats the the Philistines.How brainwashed the people are http://www.theblogmocracy.com/2011/07/24/norway-youth-camp-had-a-boycott-israel-rally/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-23/norway-in-quotes/2807306
Go down the page
"Some of my friends tried to stop him by talking to him. Many people think on the island that it was a test ... comparing it to how it is to live in Gaza. So many people went to him and tried to talk to him, but they were shot immediately." - Adrian Pracon
You see the intensive brainwashing and non understanding of the mid East.This shows the vicious anti Israel propaganda the Norwegians teach at these Labor Party camps.That a guy in his late teens would believe that this was to show how Israel treats the land robbing philistines
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You wonder how many "camps" there are like this around Europe. Any country that has leftist parties probably has a "Hitler Youth" style camp like this where they teach anti-Semitism and pro-muslim brainwashing.
A good point to make, Norway should give Breivik the Nobel Peace Prize if they want to mimic the Israel/Pali situation. Arafat got one and he murdered way more people than Breivik.
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Nice job on Chaim exposing the situation.
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EuroCommunist must be spoiling the next generations of Europeans forever through such propaganda.
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Yeah, you wonder why leftist Europeans are so anti-Semitic. Just like the muslims they brainwash their kids. Muslims do it at madrassas and Europeans do it at camps like this. It is hard to have sympathy for people who love the arab muslims and want to "boycott Israel" because this means they hate Jews and want to kill Israel.
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The anti Jewish activity was a big part of that quisling judgend island. Yesterday in haaretz the Norwegian reporter for the middle east wrote how she went there accompanied by an arab "civil rights" activist from Gaza to give lectures about the middle east, the so called Arab spring, and the so called Israeli occupation and blockade. She said these issues were a major part of the seminars on the island. The Norwegian foreign minister joined them in some of these lectures too. He is in the picture bellow.
(http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/4e2b0cd91e4511802.jpg)
I honestly ask myself why this people focused on an issue, that has nothing to do with them. I would have expected, that they would have discussed Norwegian problems, because it was a meeting of a Norwegian political party.
This madman wrote that one man with a conviction can do more than 100 000 with just interests. He was wrong.
I am personally prefer to attend my natural interests. This is always the best.
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Although I don't support this action, I have to say I feel absolutely NO sympathy for the disgusting leftist Jew-haters who died. We Jews are obligated to wish to do to our ennemies what they want to do to us. By actively supporting true Muslim Nazis, these young men chose to support people who want to exterminate us and who have murdered our brothers and sisters. In a way, they are even more guilty than the Muslims because they clearly didn't have to make that choice, they who live in a free and wealthy society, whereas Muslims are brainwashed since their early childhood, they are programmed to hate us.
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Norwegian anti semitism worst in Scandinavia Halal allowed shechita forbidden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Norway
it's long so i won't post ancient times but heres about a quarter of the article
Early 20th century emerging public opinion
In spite of fears that Norway would be overwhelmed by Jewish immigration following the repeal, only about 25 Jews immigrated to Norway before 1870. Because of pogroms in Czarist Russia, however, the immigration accelerated somewhat in the late 19th and early 20th century. By 1910, there were about 1,000 Jews in Norway.
Though the minority was small and widely dispersed, several stereotypes of Jews gained currency in the Norwegian press and popular literature in the early 20th century. In books by the widely read authors Rudolf Muus and Øvre Richter Frich, in which Jews are described as obsessed with money and sadistic. The attorney Eivind Saxlund published a pamphlet Jøder og Gojim ("Jews and Goyim") in 1910, which was characterized i 1922 as "antisemitic smutt literature' by a writer in Dagbladet. Saxlund sued for libel and lost, but earned the admiration of the newspaper Nationen, who praised Saxlund for fighting "our race war." [21] In 1920, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was published in Norway under the title Den nye verdenskeiser ("The New World Emperor").
Opposition to antisemitic prejudice ran across party lines. Fridtjof Nansen, C J Hambro, and Sverre Støstad held a principled line against it. Primarily, the newspapers Aftenposten and Nationen, as well as Tidens Tegn served as platforms for anti-Jewish sentiments, also on the editorial pages.[citation needed]
More specifically, Jews as a group were characterized - in various contexts - as being:
Unscrupulous merchants and tradespeople - trade associations, including retailers, wholesalers, and craftsmen, were deeply suspicious about what they alleged were immoral, damaging, and even illegal activities from their Jewish competitors. Jewish merchants were various accused of overpricing for items and also dumping, usually for inferior goods. Jews were excluded from guilds and trade associations.
Subersive communists - Jews were often identified with the Bolshevik movement in Russia, this canard being conflated with the capitalist stereotype under the idea that Jewish capitalism was a tool in the service of communism.
Freeloaders - in particular, Norwegian authorities feared that an easing of restrictions on Jewish immigration would lead to an influx of immigrants who were dependent on public assistance, or who would displace employment among non-Jewish Norwegians.
Norwegian immigration policy shifted following World War I to a far more restrictive line, and Jews were particularly singled out. The ministries of justice and foreign affairs were often at odds on the issue of Jewish immigration, but in practice the policy made it difficult for Jews to immigrate or settle in Norway. Restrictions were justified on an economic basis (Jews would either create destructive competition for Norwegian merchants and tradespeople, or freeload on public assistance), political concerns (communists and other subversive elements would create political instability), or general xenophobia against "foreign" groups. Whether the immigration policy was driven by the characterizations above, or vice versa is not clear.
[edit] Shechita controversy
Prejudice against Jews became a focal point in the controversy about the legality of shechita, the Jewish practice of ritual slaughter. The issue had originally been raised in the 1890s, but a municipal ban on the practice in Oslo brought the matter to national attention.
Efforts to ban shechita put well-intended humane society activists in league with antisemitic individuals. In particular, Jonas Søhr, a senior police official, took a particular interest and eventually rose to the leadership of The Norwegian Federation for Animal Protection. The animal rights cause was used as a means to attack not just the method of slaughter, but also the community itself. Those opposing the ban included Fridtjof Nansen, but the division on the issue crossed party lines in all mainstream parties, except the Agrarian Party (today, the Centre Party), which was principled in its opposition to schechita.[22] Protests were raised in the Norwegian press, during the 1890s, against the practice of shechita, on the grounds that it was cruel to animals. The Jewish community responded to these objections by assuring the public that the method was in fact humane.
A committee commissioned on February 11, 1927 consulted numerous experts and visited a slaughterhouse in Copenhagen. Its majority favored a ban and found support in the Department of Agriculture and the parliamentary agriculture committee. Those who opposed a ban spoke of religious tolerance, and also found that schechita was no more inhumane than other slaughter methods. C. J. Hambro was one of those most appalled by the antisemitic invective, noting that "where animal rights are protected to an exaggerated extent, it usually is done with the help of human sacrifice" [23]
The controversy continued until 1929, when the Norwegian parliament banned the practice. The ban remains in force today.[24]
The former chief rabbi of Norway, Michael Melchior, argued that antisemitism is one motive for the bans: "I won't say this is the only motivation, but it's certainly no coincidence that one of the first things Nazi Germany forbade was kosher slaughter. I also know that during the original debate on this issue in Norway, where shechitah has been banned since 1930, one of the parliamentarians said straight out, 'If they don't like it, let them go live somewhere else.'"[25]
Although Halal slaughter has been approved in Norway, the practice of shechita continues to be illegal.[26] Norwegian law requires that animals be sedated before being slaughtered, which is incompatible with shechita.[27][28] (The Norwegian Islamic Council, on the other hand, has found that sedation is compatible with halal rules, provided that the animal's heart is still beating at the time of slaughter.[29]) Representatives of both Muslim and Jewish communities, citing scientific studies, dispute the assertion that traditional halal and kosher slaughtering methods lead to unnecessary animal suffering. Norway's acceptance of hunting, whaling and sealing were also raised as proof of the hypocrisy of the Norwegian position. Minister of Agriculture, Lars Peder Brekk of the Centre Party (which has always rejected shechita, see above), rejected the comparison.[28][30]
Proponents of the continued ban, including officials from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority claimed that animals slaughtered according to shechita were conscious for "several minutes" after they were slaughtered, and writer and farmer Tore Stubberud claimed, apparently without consulting any religious authorities, that animals in Judaism had "no moral status... pure objects for ... archaic, religious needs", and wondered whether the EU, in allowing for such slaughter had become "purely a bank, without values".[31]
Anti-Semite graffiti on shop windows in Oslo in 1941.
[edit] Holocaust
See also: Holocaust in Norway
[edit] Post-World War II
[edit] Current issues
On 7 January 2004, the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen printed an editorial cartoon that depicted a stereotypical religious Jew rewriting the ten commandments to include "thou shalt murder, kill, liquidate, execute".[32] According to the Israeli Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, this cartoon was antisemitic.
There have been episodes of desecration of the synagogue in Oslo,.[33] On 17 September 2006 the synagogue in Oslo was subjected to attack with an automatic weapon,[34] only days after it was made public that the building had been one the planned target for the Algerian terror group GSPC that had been plotting a bombing campaign in the Norwegian capital.[35] The synagogue in Oslo is under continuous surveillance and protected by barriers. On 2 June 2008 Arfan Qadeer Bhatti was convicted on the shooting attack and given an eight year preventive custody sentence for serious vandalism. The Oslo city court judge could not find sufficient evidence that the shots fired at the synagogue amounted to a terrorist act.[36] In July 2006 during the 2006 Lebanon War the congregation issued an advisory warning Jews not to wear kippot or other identifying items in public for fear of harassment or assault.[37]
In 2008, a symposium held by Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, entitled Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel and the Jews, accused Norway and Sweden of institutional racism against Jews.[38] Dr Manfred Gerstenfeld, chairman of the Board of Fellows at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, said that "Norway is the most anti-Semitic country in Scandinavia." Former Prime Minister Kåre Willoch responded to the accusations at the symposium by arguing that allegations of antisemitism is a "traditional deflection tactic aimed at diverting attention from the real problem, which is Israel's well-documented and incontestable abuse of Palestinians." [39]
On November 27, 2008 the satirical comedian Otto Jespersen said during a comedy routine on national television that
"I would like to take the opportunity to remember all the billions of fleas and lice that lost their lives in German gas chambers, without having done anything wrong other than settling on persons of Jewish background."
—Otto Jespersen
A Norwegian Jew who himself lost 50 family members during the Holocaust has filed a complaint against Jespersen. A number of fellow comedians and his TV station have backed the controversial performer. Jespersen also presented a satirical monologue on anti-Semitism that ended with, "Finally, I would like to wish all Norwegian Jews a Merry Christmas - no, what am I saying! You don't celebrate Christmas, do you!? It was you who crucified Jesus", on December 4.[40] Jespersen has received criticism for several of his satirical attacks on social and ethnic groups as well as royalty, politicians and celebrities, and in defence of the monologue TV2 noted that Jespersen attacks in all directions, and that "if you should take [the monologue] seriously, there are more than just the Jews that should feel offended." [41]
Also in December 2008, the Norwegian author and journalist Mona Levin claimed Kåre Willoch made a racist statement when his response to the question whether USA were likely to change their Middle East policy was: “It doesn’t look too good, because he has chosen a Chief of Staff who is a Jew, and, as we know, many American voters look much more to the Bible than to the reality of our days — and with a meaninglessly mistaken interpretation of the Bible.” Levin made the accusation of Willoch making a racist statement on a live TV debate, Willoch denied the accusation, and received support from the three other debaters, excluding Levin.[42] Willoch called Levin's allegations a "total distortion of his statements" adding that "This was a purely political assesment of whether this chief of staff will lead to greater or lesser changes in the relationship to the Middle East, and I imagine that it will lead to a more pro-Israel politic from USA.".[43]
In January 2009, a Norwegian non-Jewish pro-Israel protester was attacked by anti-Israel protesters rioting in Oslo. Cries such as "take him, he's a Jew" and "[censored] Jew" were heard. Fortyfive arrests were made, the majority of which were people of foreign descent.[44][45]
In 2009, two articles in Jerusalem Post discussed the alleged rise of anti-semitism in Norway. The articles stirred controversy in Norway, and several notable Norwegian Jews refuted the article. It also received strong criticism for basing the allegations on statements from controversial sources, most notably a source that later turned out to be lying about both his identity and his affiliation with the Norwegian army. The responses from Norwegian Jews led to Jerusalem Post posting a follow up piece called "Inside story: Stumbling in Norway" [46] retracting many of the allegations, and summing up the response from Norwegian Jews:
In general, they say, Norway does not suffer from widespread anti-Semitism. Norwegian Jews are an accepted and respected part of the country. But, they add, there are rare incidents of tension over their Jewishness, usually with children being teased in school or with Muslim immigrants bringing their politics into their day-to-day meetings with Jews.[46]
In April 2011, Alan M. Dershowitz sharply criticized Norway for its treatment of Jews, writing that "All Jews are apparently the same in this country that has done everything in its power to make life in Norway nearly impossible for Jews. Norway was apparently the first modern nation to prohibit the production of Kosher meat, while at the same time permitting Halal meat and encouraging the slaughter of seals, whales and other animals that are protected by international treaties. No wonder less than 1000 Jews live in Norway.[47]
Dershowitz also stated, regarding efforts by Norwegion Academics to institute a boycott of Israelis that while administrations of Norwegion universities "have refused to go along with this form of collective punishment of all Israeli academics... in practice...Jewish pro-Israel speakers are subject to a de facto boycott" and cited this as a reason why the faculties of several Norwegion universities refused to invite him to speak about Israel (although he did subsequently give three lectures at the invitation of student groups). Dershowitz noted that the only other country that prevented him from lecturing at its universities was South Africa during the apartheid era.[48]
In June 2011, a survey by the Oslo Municipality found that 33% per cent of Jewish students Oslo are physically threatened or abused by other high school teens at least two to three times a month (compared to 10% for Buddhists and 5.3% of Muslims) The survey also found that 51% of high school students consider “Jew” a negative expression and 60% had heard other students use the term.[49]
[edit] 2010 Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation report
In 2010, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation reported that antisemitic attitudes were prevalent at some Norwegian schools. Teachers at schools with large shares of Muslims revealed that Muslim students often "praise or admire Adolf Hitler for his killing of Jews", that "Jew-hate is legitimate within vast groups of Muslim students" and that "Muslims laugh or demand [teachers] to stop when trying to educate about the Holocaust". Additionally that "while some students might protest when some express support for terrorism, none object when students express hate of Jews" and that it says in "the Quran that you shall kill Jews, all true Muslims hate Jews". Most of these students were said to be born and raised in Norway. One Jewish father also told that his child after school had been taken by a Muslim mob (though managed to escape), reportedly "to be taken out to the forest and hanged because he was a Jew".[50]
[edit] See also
The Jewish community of Oslo et al. v. Norway
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Breivik basically did what any viking would do to his enemies: slay them in droves.
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What is the fate of a world, which hates the Jews and loves the muslamic jihadis.
That will always be in the doldrums one way or the other.