Trail of Hatred Leads to Anti-Muslim Views

By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter, Toronto Star



Pallbearers carry the coffin of 17-year-old Giozem Dogan during his funeral in Trondheim on Aug. 1, 2011. Gizem Dogan was one of the victims of the shooting massacre at the Utoya Island on July 22. SCANPIX NORWAY/REUTERS



Norway is burying its 77 dead after an unprecedented terrorist attack. The Norwegian Police Security Service said that the massacre was “unique,” and would not boost the levels of threat from extremist political groups.


But some experts say the rampage, although appearing to be the work of one unbalanced individual, is far from unlikely in Western countries that are experiencing an anti-Muslim climate of fear and loathing. Read more

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1 Mephis Topheles { 08.02.11 at 10:45 pm }

What happened in Norway was a lunatic going berserk, and has no bearing on anything, except inasmuch as it would not have festered in the absence of non-integrating Muslim immigrants.
There is a big difference between being anti-Muslim, which is a dislike of the behaviour of particular individual(s), and being anti-Islam, which is an understandable desire, based on intelligent observation and analysis, to keep Islamic influence out of your country.

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