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| Muslim Taxi Drivers Protest Mohammed Cartoon in oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [07.02.2010, 02:19pm, Sun. GMT] |
Muslim taxi drivers blocked the entire Oslo 1000 taxis were stopped in the night – in protest against the Prophet Muhammad cartoons. Notices went out last night on the taxi radio. All drivers who opposed the Norwegian Dagbladet publication of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons would put the car between two and four at night. At three o’clock had 1000 Muslim taxi drivers gathered.
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 | | | | We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
| [Norwaynews] [25.12.2009, 09:33am, Fri. GMT] |
ON behalf of the Norway News.com, I wanted to wish all our online readers a Merry Christmas and the very best for 2010. From a Norway completely covered in newfallen snow, and with mostly favurable weather conditions, we send our best wishes to our readers around the world on this Christmas Day morning. However, Christmas Eve is the most important day of Christmas in Norway. Most families decorated the tree late the night before or early in the morning on Christmas Eve.
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| | | | Hindus admire Church of Norway for firm stand on environment |
| [Norwaynews] [08.06.2009, 02:37pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, applauded Church of Norway’s powerful stand on environment challenging national and diocesan councils, parishes and local joint church councils, individuals, and Government and the Parliament to make environmental reform efforts. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that it was commendable for the Church Synod to try to persuade parishes to become “greener” and local joint church councils to be “environmental lighthouses”, individuals to “make a personal climate promise”, Government and Parliament to make the petroleum extraction carbon neutral, etc. |
| | | | Religious leaders to discuss Sri Lankan situation. |
| [Norwaynews] [24.05.2009, 09:17am, Sun. GMT] |
Gunnar Staalsett, Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, and Moderator of the European Council of Religious Leaders (ECRL) will chair the ECRL annual meeting which will also discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. The meeting will be held i Lille, France from the 25th to the 27th of May, and Senior religious leaders from Sri Lanka – Buddhist Leader Bellanwila Wimalaratana and Bishop Vianney Fernando, President of the Bishops’ Conference in Sri Lanka – will participate and share their views on the present and future situation in Sri Lanka. Among the participants at the Council Meeting are Moderator Bishop Gunnar Stålsett (Norway); Co-Moderator Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dr. Mustafa Ceric; Chief Rabbi of Brussels, Albert Guigui and ECRL member Metropolitan Emmanuel, representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the European Institutions.
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| | | | Norway: Muslim girls beaten for not wearing the hijab. |
| [Norwaynews] [03.03.2009, 09:14pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Muslim girls who don't wear the hijab all the time are beaten, says Gerd Fleischer, of Self-Help for Immigrants and Refugees (Seif). "In my office, women cried brave tears over having to go with a hijab. Countless young women despairingly told me that they don't have the hijab on all the time, they'll get a beating." "These don't dare appear in the public debate," Fleischer told Vårt Land. |
| | | | Hindu statesman lauds Church of Norway inter-faith efforts. |
| [Norwaynews] [10.01.2009, 05:25pm, Sat. GMT] |
| A prominent Hindu statesman in the US has praised the Church of Norway for its work in building bridges with other religions. Rajan Zed is president of the Universal Society of Hinduism and a featured panellist of “On Faith”, the prestigious online religious forum run jointly by Newsweek and The Washington Post. Zed said there was a need for serious and honest dialogue between faith communities and encouraged other world religions to begin new conversations with each other. Religion, he said, is “the most powerful, complex and far-reaching force in our society so we must take it seriously”. |
| | | | Saudi funds to the Islamic Council of Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.12.2008, 01:59pm, Sun. GMT] |
 While the North Pole’s landscape may evoke images of igloos and barren snow fields, the crescent moon and minaret will soon vie for their place in Norway’s Arctic thanks to a Saudi businessman’s donation to build the region’s first trouble. A Saudi businessman has donated 20 million Krone ($2.78 million) to build the trouble (first mosque) in the Arctic region, near the northern part of Norway, according to a news report published by a local Saudi newspaper. |
| | | | Norway and Sri Lanka in fusion of music and dance. |
| [Norwaynews] [08.11.2008, 08:44pm, Sat. GMT] |
‘Traditions Meet’ is an amazing meeting of folk music, classical and contemporary traditions from Sri Lanka and Norway with artists from the two countries bringing together string and wind music, Sri Lankan folk dance and drums. The concert to be held at Ananda College, Colombo on November 14, and at the Hindu Cultural Centre in Kandy on the 13th is presented by the Norwegian Embassy, in collaboration with The Concert Institute, Norway, and the Aru Sri Art Theatre, Sri Lanka. |
| | | | Filipinos inject vitality to Norwegian Catholic church - Oslo Bishop. |
| [Norwaynews] [06.09.2008, 04:19pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Oslo Bishop Bernt Eidvig extolled the presence of Filipinos in the country saying that they and other Asian communities inject vitality to the Roman Catholic Church in Norway. Speaking before a meeting of Norwegian church leaders at Kirkens Hus in Oslo, Bishop Eidsvig who spoke on the Filipino Migrants in a Diaspora Church, said that "the effect of the migration of Filipinos and other Asians to Norway on the Catholic Church has been vitality." He pointed out that "the Norwegian parishes, as we remember them thirty years ago, were small and a little helpless before the Asians arrived. |
| | | | Norwegians converting to Islam has doubled in the past ten years. |
| [Norwaynews] [01.03.2008, 06:15pm, Sat. GMT] |
Karima Solberg says that the newest trend is for more ethnic Norwegian boys to convert, and that friendship gets them interested in Islam. Solberg, who converted to Islam 20 years ago and is a former board member of the Islamic Council of Norway, teaches about Islam in Norwegian in the mosque "Det Islamske Forbund" in Oslo. |
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| Church destroyed by fire in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [27.01.2010, 11:09am, Wed. GMT] |
| The 148-year old Hønefoss Church was completely destroyed by a fire Tuesday evening. The wooden structure was completely engulfed by the flames when the fire department arrived. The church was equipped with a burglar alarm, but no fire alarm. Electricians were scheduled to begin installation of a fire alarm system today, Wednesday, NRK reports. The cause of the fire, which started around 17:00 has not yet been determined. |
| | | | Norwegian Muslims and Christians say no to domestic violence |
| [Norwaynews] [14.11.2009, 11:26am, Sat. GMT] |
A joint Muslim-Christian statement condemning violence in the family and in close relationships was published by Islamic Council of Norway and Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations November 9th 2009. Violence in families and in close relationships is a major social problem in Norway, which occurs at all levels of society and within all religious and cultural communities. Suffice to say that one out of four women is exposed to violence in the family and in close relationships, says the General Secretary of Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit.
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| | | | Suspected arson in church fire |
| [Norwaynews] [31.05.2009, 03:33pm, Sun. GMT] |
| The police is investigating a fire which destroyed the 204-year old Vaaler Church in the early hours of Friday morning. The fire was discovered on the outside of the building, and the police have concluded that it was started intentionally. The local police have now asked for assistance from the National Bureau of Crime Investigation (KRIPOS), and for information from the public, to help solve the crime. |
| | | | Hijab-Exremist are troublemakers wherever they are. |
| [Norwaynews] [21.03.2009, 09:05am, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway’s biggest headache right now is not the financial crisis. Rather, the predominantly Christian nation is plagued by a religious dilemma over the right of a Muslim woman to wear a hijab as part of her police uniform. As the controversy has escalated, the country has seen the physical collapse of the justice minister, the public burning of a hijab, and a substantial rise in the popularity of Norway’s anti-immigrant opposition party just six months before general elections. This is odd for a country known for religious tolerance, generous international development aid, and peace efforts worldwide. But the controversy highlights the latent fears of a nonpluralistic society, where 91 percent belong to the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Norway. |
| | | | Hijab permitted with police uniform – public disappointed by the decision. |
| [Norwaynews] [06.02.2009, 06:27am, Fri. GMT] |
| The Police Directorate has decided that it will be permitted to wear hijab with the Norwegian police uniform. Police Director Ingelin Killengreen says the move is part of a desire to secure broad recruitment. Killengren points to the fact that among new immigrants there is a large number of women who for religious reasons wear hijab. By refusing to allow these to wear their headdress, we would in reality exclude in particular these groups from serving in the police force, the Police Director says. |
| | | | A Merry Christmas to Norway News readers!! |
| [Norwaynews] [24.12.2008, 04:21pm, Wed. GMT] |
Christmas in Norway is associated with white snow, candles, Santa Claus, decorations in red, green and gold, and the smell of homemade cookies. Christmas is definitely the number one family holiday in Norway. Half the 24th, the 25th, 26th and half of the 31st are national holidays in Norway. The schools have a lot longer vacation, usually lasting two weeks. According to statistics, 1.3 million Norwegians will attend Church on Christmas Eve. A Merry Christmas to you all from all of us here at the NORWAY NEWS.
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| | | | A Buddhist temple of their own for Lankans in Norway. |
| [Norwaynews] [24.11.2008, 01:53pm, Mon. GMT] |
 Sri Lankan Buddhists based in Norway will soon have a temple of their own, thanks to the efforts of the Tisarana Sri Lanka Buddhist Association in that country. The temple will be more than a place of worship and meditation – it will also be a resource centre and a cultural link to Sri Lanka, said Nirmala Eidsgaard, chairperson of the Tisarana Sri Lanka Buddhist Association in Norway. “For young people, especially those born and raised in Norway, the temple will help to reinforce their cultural identity,” she said. Norway has temples for the Vietnamese, Thai and Tibetan Buddhist communities, but none so far for the Sri Lankan Buddhist community. |
| | | | International Buddhist Academy project launched with Norwegian assistance. |
| [Norwaynews] [02.11.2008, 10:31am, Sun. GMT] |
| The Srilankan Anunayake of the Asgiriya Chapter the Venerable Panditha Galagama Atthadassi Thera said that Norway had a poor reputation in Sri Lanka but perhaps they would have realised now that Sri Lanka is committed for genuine peace through the teachings of the Buddha. Speaking at the exchange of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the International Buddhist Academy at Pallekelle which is to be funded by the Government of Norway the Thera said that if this realization had come it is most welcome. |
| | | | Norway: Missing a mosque. |
| [Norwaynews] [16.03.2008, 10:36pm, Sun. GMT] |
Mohamed Farah Arale (32) was born in Somalia and misses a mosque in his new hometown, Elverum (Norway). He says it will be good for everybody, also for people who aren't acquainted with Islam. Arale, who fled Mogadishu when he was 16 says he has no family, just God. He's been living in Elverum for 5 years. "It will be good to come together with others and pray. |
| | | | All of the religions in Norway enjoy complete freedom reported |
| [Norwaynews] [24.12.2007, 05:07pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Norway is one of the countries of the world where all of the religions enjoy complete freedom for their religious praying and traditional celebrations. The country is now has different religions but has same treatment with all of the people. Muslims here recently celebrate their traditional festival of Eid (the day of sacrifice) with full of the spiritual spirit. A large number of the Muslims here attended the Eid’s pray on three different days in their mosques. |
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The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
