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Bente Haarstad

Editorials

Asylum expert: Remigration is the main principle of refugee law
Bente Haarstad 
Remigration is the central principle of the Refugee Convention. “The two principal concepts in refugee law are asylum and repatriation—the latter meaning return to…

Opinion

Legitimising hatred under the pretext of Trump and MAGA is now mainstream in Norway
Bente Haarstad 
LO and the far left are proud of having showered American tourists with hatred in Trondheim, while Adresseavisen and the Education Association legitimise the…

Opinion

Immigrants embrace Norway’s Viking heritage – cultural appropriation?
Bente Haarstad 
Member of Parliament Kamzy Gunaratnam and Laial Janet Ayoub of the Anti-Racist Centre have virtually donned Norway’s Viking heritage ahead of the FIFA World…

Opinion

Samira Nawa becomes Denmark’s first Muslim minister – Afghans celebrate
Bente Haarstad 
Samira Nawa of the Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre) is the first Muslim to be appointed a minister in Denmark. Her parents were Afghan…

News

Immigrants run Christian missions in Norway
Bente Haarstad 
“I went to the municipality in Kristiansand and told them I had received a vision from God. The staff didn’t understand my vision. They…

Opinion

Conservative Muslim settler: Norway is the world’s best Muslim country
Bente Haarstad 
“Norway is the best Muslim country,” says Conservative Party politician Arina Aamir (20) to SIAN leader Lars Thorsen. She believes that human rights came…

News

Mamdani, Sadiq Khan and the Labour Party celebrate Eid
Bente Haarstad 
The mayors of London and New York, Sadiq Khan and Zohran Mamdani, have eagerly celebrated the Islamic festival of sacrifice in recent days. Several…

Editorials

Norway's state broadcaster lets multiculturalism choose Norway’s World Cup song
Bente Haarstad 
A number of Norwegian artists have created songs for the World Cup ahead of Norway’s participation. NRK chose a 7th grade class at Linderud…

Editorials

Large mosque with minaret cleared for construction near Oslo
Bente Haarstad 
Muslims have received the green light to build a grand mosque in Ski in Nordre Follo. Muslimsk Kultursenter Ski has around 1,000 members, and…

News

Norwegian university refuses to sanction professor who praised October 7 massacre
Bente Haarstad 
Two weeks after Professor Bassam Hussein’s terror glorification at NTNU, it is clear that what many see as praise for the October 7 massacre…

Editorials

Conservative Governing Mayor of Oslo celebrates Liberation Day with Friday prayers
Bente Haarstad 
On Liberation Day, Oslo’s Conservative governing mayor Eirik Lae Solberg attended Friday prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC) — the same organisation celebrating…

Editorials

Iranian-born lecturer returns top teaching award in protest after colleague called Oct 7 massacre “Beautiful”
Bente Haarstad 
Senior Lecturer Alireza Ashrafian at NTNU has renounced his status as a meritorious teacher in protest against what he sees as the university’s failure…

Opinion

Israel’s Embassy concerned about Jewish students at NTNU
Bente Haarstad 
In a letter to NTNU Rector Tor Grande, Eytan Halon, Chargé d’Affaires at the Israeli Embassy, expresses deep concern for the safety of Jewish…

Editorials

Muslim leaders from all over Europe meet in Kristiansand
Bente Haarstad 
Muslim leaders from large parts of Europe are gathering in Kristiansand from 1 to 5 May. The Muslim European Empowerment Programme (MEET), which aims…

Editorials

Mosque leader who claimed 1 in 3 Norwegians share Breivik’s views to speak at Father of the Constitution’s grave
Bente Haarstad 
Zamran Ahmad Butt from the Islamic Cultural Centre mosque will speak at Christian Magnus Falsen’s grave in Oslo on May 17. Falsen is regarded…

Editorials

Radical Islam Net imam hired by Norway’s former conservative seminary – Embraced by academia
Bente Haarstad 
Since Document revealed on 7 March that an imam from the radical Islamist group Islam Net was hired as a researcher at Norway’s former…