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| Ambassadors criticize Progress Party leader |
| 2004-07-24 |
| The ambassadors to Norway from Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt and Marocco and the charge d'affaires from Tunisia has criticized Progress Party leader Carl I.Hagen for his attack on the Muslim faith in a speech last week. -Hagen has insulted 1.3 billion Muslims, and offended the principles of tolerance and freedom on which the Norwegian society is built, the diplomats write in a letter to Aftenposten. "We expect that our rights to practice Islam will be respected by those who do not share our faith, and that we do not have to meet the ugly threat of religious intolerance from any quarter," the letter states. I notice the Soddies didn't sign their little spiel. I wonder why? Presumably they will be sending a letter to Saudi Arabia next, protesting the the rights of non muslims. It is very unusual for foreign diplomats to comment on Norwegian domestic affairs. Speaking at the summer festival of the Charismatic church Living Word (Levende Ord) in Bergen, Hagen said among other things that children are used as suicide bombers in the effort to convert the world to Islam, while parents believe they receive glory and honour as their children become martyrs. "I can see no similarity with the concept of moral and justice found in Christianity," Hagen said. Hagen also said that if Israel loses in the Middle East, Europe will succumb to Islam next, if Islamic fundamentalists have it their way. Must be reading Rantburg Thelogian at the University of Oslo, Oddbjoern Leirvik, said last week that Hagen's speech may be compared to the agitation against the Jews in the 1930s. How about the hatred coming from the mosques on a weekly basis, or is it politically incorrect to mention brown men? "The Progreess Party has also earlier tried to "play its Muslim card" in different election campaigns, but this time I feel Hagen really overstepped the mark," Leirvik said to NRK. Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg said the speech shows why the Progress Party is not part of any government. "It is a bit dangerous if we picture all Muslims as terrorists," Solberg said to NRK. Especially if his name is Mullah Krekar. He might sent some of his hard boyz around for a "friendly" visit. She said she did not want to term Hagen's speech as racistic, but that it showed hostility towards Islam as a religion. She said that Hagen's attitudes does not make it simpler for the Conservatives to cooperate with the Progress Party. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 The only way a speech like this will work is to emphasize, over and over, that Moslems receive rights in "Christian" and secular nations that Christians do not receive in Moslem nations. *And* that this proves that Christian and secular nations are SUPERIOR to Moslem nations, and that Moslem nations are INFERIOR to Christian and secular states. Then the speech must emphasize that Moslems who demand rights in Christian and secular nations MUST renounce the oppressive, racist, sexist, and anti other-religion and secular beliefs of Islam, OR THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH EQUALITY AND RESPECT THEMSELVES. So, RENOUNCE cruelty, racism, slavery, sexism, and religious hatred AND WE WILL GREET you into a BETTER WAY OF LIFE than is offered to you under ISLAM. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-07-24 12:45:26 PM |