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The main umbrella organization in Norway is the Islamic Council Norway, which was set up in 1993. [52] As of 2008, it comprises 40 member organisations totalling 60,000 members. [53] One researcher estimates it represents 50-75% of all Norwegian Muslims. [24] Since 1997, the Islamic Council has also had Shia representation. [54]
Islam is the largest non-Christian religion in Norway with about 3.4% of the population officially (about 182,000 people in 2019) and has increased by 29.6% since 2014. [4] In 2006, 56% lived in the counties of Oslo and Akershus . [ 22 ]
Islamophobia in Norway refers to the set of discourses, behaviours and structures which express feelings of anxiety, fear, hostility and rejection towards Islam and/or Muslims in Norway. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Islamophobia can manifest itself through discrimination in the workforce, negative coverage in the media, and violence against Muslims.
In 2018, a study of Finland's Muslims living inside the Arctic Circle found Palestinian, Iraqi, Persian, Turkish, Bengali, Somali, Pakistani and Afghan immigrants - virtually all of whom practiced Sunni Islam. [42] Norway's largest Arctic mosque is in Tromsø, built in 2006 by a convert to Islam and financed by a donation from an anonymous ...
Islamic State said it had killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading "Executed" in the latest edition of its English ...
The organisation has since its foundation been in active dialogue with the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations. [6]The council's work is organised in issue-specific committees, such as a hilal committee that works to advise Norwegian Muslims on how the Islamic calendar should be interpreted in Norway, a Halal committee that oversees ritual slaughtering, in ...
Stop Islamisation of Norway (Norwegian: Stopp islamiseringen av Norge, SIAN) is a Norwegian anti-Muslim [1] [2] [3] group that was originally established in 2000. Its stated aim is to work against Islam , which it defines as a totalitarian political ideology that violates the Norwegian Constitution as well as democratic and human values. [ 4 ]
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