Editorials

Terror in Berlin: Don’t get angry. Keep quiet. And, above all, don’t be Islamophobic

Is anyone else tired of this game? Tired of mind control? Of being branded a troublemaker for hating violent Islamism? Of spineless bureaucrats and suicidal left-wingers insisting Islamism is not the greatest threat? Of being called intolerant because your stomach turns at people run over, stabbed, shot and blown apart across Europe?

We have tolerated the intolerant for long enough

For decades, the West has allowed the most intolerant among us to present themselves as “the tolerant”. We have remained silent to preserve a pleasant atmosphere while the political left, Islamists and the Pride movement have dictated the terms of the debate. It is time to hold them to account, stop fearing the chorus of outrage, and refuse to give them another inch. We have tolerated the intolerant for long enough.

From espionage suspect to foreign affairs commentator at Norway’s largest newspaper

Ayesha Wolasmal, VG’s prize-winning rising star, took up the post as foreign affairs commentator in February. But something is omitted from the CV. As an interpreter for the Army in Afghanistan she came into the counter-intelligence’s spotlight, suspected of espionage. Thereafter she disappeared from the Armed Forces.

On the road to the collapse of the West

A civilisational collapse usually occurs after a succession of catastrophes and disasters that undermine a civilisation’s resilience. A civilisation may perhaps withstand one, two or three disasters, but if it is subjected to one calamity after another in rapid succession, it collapses. We still believe that we are living in a state of normality and refuse to heed the warnings amid our comfort.

A new Jewish clause? From historical exclusion to modern sanctions policy

Prime Minister Gahr Støre knows that Israel will never relinquish Judea and Samaria. Not only because the area forms part of the Jews’ ancient homeland, as the name itself indicates, but equally because doing so would amount to capitulation to PLO and Hamas terrorists, who are merely waiting for the opportunity to carry out an October-style massacre of every Jew in Israel.

The restoration of a conservative centre

A dynamic has emerged in the West that favours a new Right, a new conservatism. The media may call it the “far right” as much as they like. They hold the weaker hand: allied with Islam, a sinking ship. Everyone can see it. They are drowning in the consequences of their own policies. By contrast, Trump stands for law and order, family values, Christianity and patriotism—everything the Left hates, yet on which the rising generation depends for a future.

State broadcaster engages in brainwashing, not public enlightenment

The Norwegian state controls most of the economy and, through NRK, much of public opinion. Non-Western immigration is portrayed positively while its darker aspects are downplayed. NRK’s World Cup coverage illustrated this: so many apparently successful, well-integrated second-generation immigrants of non-Western background were featured that it could hardly have been coincidental. All wore Norway’s national colours. All enthusiastically cheered for Norway.

The state facilitates suitable fathers being kept from their children

Many fathers do not see their own children, and the system that is supposed to facilitate equality between the sexes favours the mother. Between 12 and 17 per cent of fathers almost never see their children when they do not live with them. That is 50 000 men, and even more children, according to Øivind Østberg. He is a lawyer and leader of MannsForum. -The figures have been stable over the years, he says.

The EU is now in charge

The debate over road pricing has rumbled on in Norway for years. Most people oppose it, but the debate is merely cosmetic: the system will be introduced here too. That decision has already been made, as with the EEA, immigration, DAB radio, wind turbines, the electricity coup and paper straws. As tolls and climate fuel taxes have shown, public opinion no longer matters. The EU now decides.

Muslim to perform night concert in Nidaros Cathedral during Olav Festival

The 1998 statutes of the Olav Festival (Olavsfestdagene) gave it an explicit ecclesiastical purpose: restoring Trondheim as a national centre of church and culture. But the municipality and county forced through a takeover. In what was described as a coup, the Church was ousted from its own festival: politicians gained the right to appoint the board, reducing the Church to a minority, while the requirement for unanimous approval of statutory amendments was abolished.