Editorials

Sumaya’s father wants minaret in Bodø – mosque employed imam who wants to islamise Norway

Sumaya Jirde Ali’s father runs the mosque seeking to build a 12.5-metre-high minaret in Bodø. Abdi Jirde Ali tells Document it will never be used for the call to prayer. Yet the mosque’s former imam, Waleed Hakeem, once described how wonderful it would be when Northern Norway’s small Muslim population had grown in number and succeeded in Islamising the region by spreading Allah’s teachings there.

The Socialists want to take over America

109 years after the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace in Petrograd and carried out the Russian Revolution, socialists in the United States are attempting to do the same. The media and political class in Western Europe do not want to discuss what is happening. They hate Trump more than they fear the socialists. Blood is thicker than water, and their policies are similar: High immigration and population replacement impose enormous costs that are passed on to the native population.

Unanswered questions surrounding the murder of Tamima Juhar in Oslo

For the left, Tamima Nibras Juhar’s murder is proof that far-right extremism is one of Norway’s greatest threats. Yet the circumstances surrounding the murder and the murderer’s background, marked by neglect and domestic violence, have been overshadowed by the political focus. Outgoing AUF leader Gaute Skjervø wants a memorial and wishes the racist murder had received even more attention during the election campaign.

When the next buyer can no longer borrow more

If the homebuyer can pay a maximum of six million kroner (about $750,000) for a new home, it matters little that the cost of the land, construction, public requirements, financing and the necessary margin mean that the project has to sell for seven million. The result may simply be that it is not built. We can have a housing shortage, population growth and very low levels of housebuilding at the same time.

Diversity at the King’s memorial services: Mosque leader takes part at Nidaros Cathedral

Turkish Ismail Cüneyt Güzey from the ‘Bryggemoskeen’ mosque, Det Muslimske Samfunnet in Trondheim, was among various religious leaders who lit candles at the national memorial service for King Harald at Nidaros Cathedral on Sunday. It was broadcast live on NRK TV, as was the memorial service at Oslo Cathedral earlier in the day. There, men in turbans took part in the candle-lighting and were allowed to say a few words about difference.

The biggest elephant of them all

As the war in Ukraine threatens to escalate further, the world’s largest subsea gas pipeline network, which supplies Europe with Norwegian gas, lies virtually unprotected in the North Sea. Sabotage of this network would shake Europe. This truly enormous elephant is the one nobody wants to talk about. But if tensions over Ukraine increase, an attack on Norwegian infrastructure in the North Sea – and thus on Europe’s energy supply – would have to be regarded not merely as a possibility, but as likely.

God Bless Our Good King

Modern Norwegian kings have had very limited powers, but King Harald used what room for manoeuvre he had by making clear that he wanted the revised Constitution to retain the requirement that the King profess the Christian faith. He believed this duty mattered to the country, and he got his way. That is no small achievement, given the spirit of the age. We must therefore pray that King Haakon VIII takes up the legacy of his forefathers.

Anything goes in Trondheim – Except supporting Trump

In Trondheim, one can say without consequence that the Hamas massacres of 7 October 2023 were the most beautiful thing that has happened, but showing support for Trump comes at a price, as Conservative politician Nina Westad has discovered. All the best to her, now that she has experienced what it is like when ‘respectable society’ comes after you for the ultimate sin. Westad would apparently have been better off shouting anti-Jewish slogans or hounding American tourists, members of Bevar Norge or Document journalist Bente Haarstad.

King Harald is dead – The Last King of the Old Norway

King Harald V has died at the age of 89. He was a dutiful king, a warm and humorous man, and a unifying head of state in the nation’s darkest hours. For more than 35 years, he served a Norway undergoing profound demographic, cultural and political change – a different country from the one he inherited in 1991.

Criminal networks infiltrate child welfare services

A recent report has revealed that child welfare services in Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark have been infiltrated by criminal networks. Police believe this is only the tip of the iceberg. The Minister of Justice is calling for a full investigation. Private child welfare institutions represent a large and tempting stream of public money. They are also recruiting grounds for young people to carry out violent assignments.