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University of Oslo stopped hate preacher – not because of the message

The hate preacher Mohamad Baajour will not appear at the University of Oslo on Friday. UiO stops the event organised by the Muslim Student Society because tickets were sold, not because Baajour is regarded as an extremist. Commercial actors breach the university’s guidelines.

Iran taken over by hardliners with Wolasmal as spokesman on NRK

The leadership in Iran has been taken over by hardliners who place ideology above the people and the nation’s survival. That is what they are loyal to. Therefore it is logical that the gaps in the power structure are filled by veterans from the war against Saddam Hussein. They learned to be ruthless, and now they have use for methods of that kind.

Political attack during gay pride parade was probably never investigated

Norwegian police in Agder spent eight months on a case involving violence and criminal damage directed at the Norway Democrats party in Kristiansand. It has now emerged that the police probably did not investigate the case.

Terror-convicted Krekar associate sues Norwegian state – wants to return to Norway

Kamil Jalal Fatah was sentenced in Italy in 2019 to seven and a half years in prison for plotting terrorism together with Mullah Krekar, who himself received a twelve-year sentence. Fatah is now suing the Norwegian state to have his expulsion order declared invalid.

Helgheim hits back: ‘Skjervø is showing totalitarian tendencies’

Progress Party politician Jon Helgheim hits back strongly at accusations from the Conservative Party’s Ola Svenneby and AUF leader Gaute Skjervø.

Danish party leader Inger Støjberg arrives with giant cheque: ‘Go home, Mohamed’

On Monday, Inger Støjberg stood outside Christiansborg with a metre-long cardboard cheque. Recipient: Mohamed Abdi Kahn. Amount: DKK 33,952. Purpose, written in capital letters: ‘One-way tickets from Denmark to Djibouti for 8 people.’

Online harassment of Skjervø exposes a legal free zone for gross abuse

AUF’s general secretary Jan Halvor Vaag Endrerud publishes gross examples of the online harassment against AUF leader Gaute Skjervø that bear witness to the fact that the legal protection against individual harassment has today virtually ceased. It will conflict with many people’s sense of justice. That groups have stronger protection against hate speech than individuals appears as something of a paradox.

Uyghur (33) convicted of uploading 57 child sexual abuse files – avoids prison

A 33-year-old Uyghur living in Arendal has been convicted of sharing and uploading 57 files depicting the sexual abuse of children. On Monday, Agder District Court sentenced him to community service.

Sweden: 17-year-old shot by two 14-year-olds in Södertälje

A 17-year-old was shot by two 14-year-old girls in Södertälje on Monday evening. At around 7.30 p.m., gunshots were heard near a school in the Ronna district. According to information obtained by Expressen, the victim was a 17-year-old boy who is said to have been shot in the stomach. He was taken to hospital by ambulance, and initially it was unclear how serious his injuries were.

Norway school fire: Girls refuse to testify in front of Document

Two teenage girls charged with aggravated criminal damage following last year’s major fire at Løten lower secondary school refused to give evidence in court if Document was allowed to be present.