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NORWAY
- Officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country
- Norway is also a founding member of the United Nations, NATO, the European Free Trade Association, the Council of Europe, the Antarctic Treaty, and the Nordic Council; a member of the European Economic Area, the WTO, and the OECD; and a part of the Schengen Area.
- Currency Norwegian Krone
RISE OF ANTI-ISLAMSENTIMENTS IN NORDIC NATIONS
- Norway has an organisation –
- Stop Islamisation of Norway
POINT TO NOTE
- Apart from migration, the number of Muslims in Europe is set to grow considerably through natural increases. Europe’s Muslims have more children than members of other religious groups, or people of no religion, the study shows. The European average fertility rate is 2.6 for Muslims compared to 1.6 for non-Muslims.
STOP ISLAMISATION OF NORWAY
- The organisation is led by Arne Tumyr, and has several thousand members and supporters.
- In 2012 SIAN broke with the mother organization Stop Islamization of Europe.
- Headquarters UK
STOP ISLAMISATION OF EUROPE
- Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE), also known as Stop the Islamification of Europe, is a group with the stated goal of “preventing Islam from becoming a dominant political force in Europe”.
- The group says that its aim is to oppose Islamic extremism; they have the motto “Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity, but Islamophobia is the height of common sense“
- The organisation calls for the total boycott of Muslim countries.
2020 NORWAY RIOTS
- On 29 August 2020, violent riots and clashes broke out between anti-Islam protesters and Islam supporters in the Norwegian city of Oslo which lasted for about two hours.
- Protests and demonstrations between anti-Islam protesters and Islam supporters turned out to be violent after protesters torn down and burnt copies of Quran.
- The demonstrations against Islam were organized by the Norwegian far-right wing group Stop Islamisation of Norway.
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