Miriam Mardan, who represents Rødt Grünerløkka and is a former minority advisor, believes it is a big problem that all negative social control is placed only on Muslims. Mardan writes in a column in Vårt Land that negative social control is not something that is reserved for a specific religion or culture, but that it […]
Continue reading »Ingolf Ropstad (KrF) believes that the Correctional Service in Norway enjoys a good reputation internationally, but seems to have a blind spot with regard to religion. On Thursday, he asked Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) a written question: “Will the government ensure that the Correctional Service safeguards inmates’ right to practise their religion also […]
Continue reading »Farmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears that he will lose his 0.8 hectares of land in north-west India after low rainfall and extreme cold in recent years have affected the crops. As small-scale Indian farmers like Bheda grapple with growing climate uncertainty, researchers this week called for a robust scheme for rural jobs, crop insurance and […]
Continue reading »Thailand’s opposition was poised to secure a landslide election victory on Sunday after crushing parties allied with the military. It now forms the background for a jumble of agreements to form a government in an attempt to end almost a decade of military-backed rule, writes Reuters. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu […]
Continue reading »The leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, believes that the cultivation of so-called multiculturalism must end. In a debate article, he calls this a nightmare for Sweden. In an article in Expressen, Sweden’s second largest newspaper, SD leader Jimmie Åkesson fires shots against the predicament he believes the country has fallen into as a […]
Continue reading »The G7 countries and the EU are acting more and more as a security policy bloc, together with NATO. Now the bloc will ban the resumption of Russian gas exports. It is the Financial Times that is reporting this. One cannot help but think that this may be a continuation of a strategy that began […]
Continue reading »EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell refuses to bow to the demand that the Palestinians must remove anti-Semitic content from textbooks in order to receive billions in aid. He would rather they get three billion without conditions. It is not the first time that Western countries have made such a demand and with the Palestinians […]
Continue reading »A man in his 20s was sent to St. Olav’s hospital on Sunday morning with a wound to his stomach, after being subjected to a violent attack. The police have armed themselves and are looking for several suspects. A man in his 20s is slightly injured. He is in the hospital and receiving treatment, says […]
Continue reading »Two people have been arrested, suspected of robbing several people in the Abelhaugen area of Oslo. One of the perpetrators threatened his victims with a machete. This Saturday in the capital is also experiencing ugly crime, this time in the form of aggravated robbery, with the use of weapons. Two people have been arrested, by […]
Continue reading »Something has happened to the Germans’ name preferences in the last twenty years. In Berlin, Mohammed is again the most popular boy’s name – as it has been for four out of the last five years. Name choices change with changing times. Some are due to changing fashions, some are due to long-term cultural or […]
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